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Broncs win again
Them on Us
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Bears, Barrasso, Balls
Sustainable Solutions 17
Williams has big ideas
Teton Meadow
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80+ speak out at forum
Election Season 20
TV voters go to polls
Toy Story
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Main Event stocked
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Rapiers & Romance 32
Off Square stages ‘Romeo’
Food News
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Murcell makes ’em
ArtBeat
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‘Into the Woods’ auction
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Review
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Spooky Jackson
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Broncs clobber Cody – again
The Jackson Hole Broncs carried their
undefeated season into the playoffs by
beating the Cody Broncs 38-12 in the first
game of the post season last Friday at
William T. McIntosh Stadium.
The playoff game came just a week after
the Broncs beat Cody 37-25 in a similar
fashion during the final game of the regular season.
“It was pretty similar to last week’s
game,” said Jackson Bronc’s Coach Bill
Wiley. Cody “had a burst in the third quarter. They were trying to salvage the game.”
But despite Cody’s effort in the third,
the Broncs dominated throughout the
game, ending the first half with a score of
19-0.
Senior Alex Bush gained 151 offensive
yards, according to Wiley. Senior Blane
Woodfin scored two touchdowns and
blocked a punt. Junior Carlos Bonilla ran
the ball 63 yards and scored one touchdown, and Defensive End Tyler Wetzel
returned an interception 44 yards for a
touchdown.
“They’ve been talking about this season
since the seventh grade,” said Coach
Wiley of the senior players.
Although the Broncs (9-0) are on a roll,
they will face Douglas (6-3) this Saturday
at 1 p.m. at William T. McIntosh Stadium
during the 4A Class Semifinals.
“They are the one’s who knocked us out
last year,” said Coach Wiley.
If Jackson can manage to continue their
streak, they will go on to face either and
undefeated Buffalo or archrival Star
Valley in the final championship game on
Nov. 10.
— Sam Petri
Town to build sidewalks,can’t
decide who should plow them
At a special town meeting on Monday,
town officials followed the recommendation of Public Works Director Larry
Pardee to reject identical bids to clear city
sidewalks.
Both 3-B Construction and Teton View
Landscaping made matching blind bids of
$60,000 – the amount of last year’s bid
award – to clear approximately four miles
of city sidewalk from Nov. 1 through
April 15.
“There was no way to choose between
them,” Pardee said. “They’ve both done a
good job in the past.”
Pardee will rebid the project after
restructuring the terms of the contract
slightly and hopes to have a contractor on
board by Nov. 15, ideally before the snow
hits in earnest. Should 3-B and Teton View
remain the only two bidders and tie again,
Pardee said he may just have the Mayor
flip a coin.
Meanwhile, look for next winter’s city
sidewalk snow removal contract to
increase as the total mileage does. Town
Engineer Shawn O’Malley petitioned the
Town of Jackson for new sidewalk on
North Cache.
City staffers hope to eventually build
sidewalk Cache Street from Mercill to
Flat Creek Bridge, but for now the Town
Council has approved a section beginning at Mercill and ending at the Game
& Fish building. O’Malley said he esti-
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Teton Valley commissioners
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If you had to choose between two presidential candidates, one
who would certainly end the war in Iraq or one who would certainly implement universal health care, which one would you pick?
That is the question I’ve been asking people at the Brew Pub, the
Halloween party, and in my old South Dakota and Ohio stomping
grounds. I don’t claim that my approach is scientific, but I have
been getting an interesting sense of my generation’s priorities.
Universal health care was the clear winner. Almost all of the
people I spoke to prioritized it as a more urgent and immediate
need than ending the war. And these are not pro-war individuals.
(One person opposed universal health care entirely and all of
them supported a concrete end-date for the war.)
The rationale for prioritizing health care was this: “I don’t think
we’re ready to leave Iraq quite yet – that is going to take time, and
I think we’re finally headed in that direction – but I need affordable health care today and it looks like it’s a long time coming.”
Over and over again, I heard this statement: “I will vote for
whoever I think will best enable me to afford health care.”
The phrase “socialized medicine” has been oft-used as a boogeyman by politicians. They bluster, “We can’t have the government
in charge of our health care!” Well, we have big businesses in
charge of our health care, and it’s not working out. Universal
health care doesn’t shift power away from doctors and health professionals – that power was taken away by insurance companies
long ago. When people in my generation hear “socialized medicine,” the “medicine” part is the one we really notice.
One of the saddest, most depressing events over the last eight years
was the SCHIP veto. I am mystified by the rhetoric of “compassionate” conservatism that places abstract principles – “But the bill is
pork!” “It would help ‘illegals!’” – above something as straight-forward and concrete as a sick child. What does it take to enable real,
human compassion above stubborn attachment to abstract ideals?
We wax emotional about abortion - Where is the show of emotion and support for children outside the womb? Why don’t we
support their mothers, so they can afford to give birth to and
raise children at all? And there’s the billion dollar question: why
can we fund a war and not our children’s or their parents’ health?
An article in Slate titled “Who’s Afraid of Socialized
Medicine?” points out that one good thing may have come from
the SCHIP veto: Perhaps Republicans have thrown the first and
most important stone in a battle this nation so desperately needs
to wage for universal health care.
LETTERS
Dog murderer
On Saturday night, at approximately 7
p.m., my husband and I were driving on
Broadway. We witnessed a vehicle hit a
dog. The driver slowed, but then kept on
driving. My husband jumped out of our car
to offer assistance to the dog. Numerous
other vehicles drove by, and looked on, but
only one other vehicle stopped to offer
their assistance. The dog was badly injured
and died within a few minutes.
To the driver of the vehicle who hit the
dog and did not stop, shame on you! For
such a dog-friendly town, I was appalled
by the lack of sympathy the other drivers
showed by simply driving past. To the
other person who did stop and help, and
to the sheriff’s deputy who arrived on
scene, thank you for the compassion you
showed to the dog. To the owner of the
dog, I’m sorry for your loss. Please know
that your dog was not alone at the end. I
hope that provides you some comfort.
— Janelle Conlin, Jackson
Bipartisan agreement
Forty-eight years ago in a high school
speech class, I made a presentation on
the dangers of cigarette smoking. At that
time there was not much evidence that
smoking was dangerous to your health or
that it might kill you. The speech was not
well received by my peers since most of
them smoked already. What possessed me
to make such an unpopular presentation
was that my mother from the age of 16
was a lifelong smoker who smoked from
rising in the morning until bedtime. She
smoked up the house, the car and every
establishment that we entered. My father,
brother and I did everything we could
think of to stop her, but we were never
successful. I must admit it was fun sneaking some explosive loads into her cigarettes and watching them blow up after
dinner at a restaurant. What was not fun,
was watching her die of lung cancer several years ago.
I still have a hard time believing that we
have not banned smoking in all public
places in the United States. There are
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public places. The science is sound, the
majority has spoken and it is time for
elected officials to act.
— Larry Hamilton, Jackson
No, no, no, no to
Teton Meadows
[The following letter was addressed to
Teton County Commissioners. — Eds.]
Why is it that, whenever any new
developer comes along with another
amazing plan to save the world (and, just
incidentally, to make himself a world of
lucre), many Teton County residents,
under-performing “planners,” overpaid
consultants and certain opportunistic
political officeholders all feel compelled
to reinvent the wheel?
Now comes a developer of the proposed
Teton Meadows subdivision south of
Rafter J, intent on single-handedly “solving” the valley’s severe shortage of affordable housing by profitably (and predictably) exacerbating it.
Good idea? Bad idea? Something to talk
about for the next several months or years?
“Not in my back yard!” scream some of
the potential neighbors.
“May as well approve it, because it’s
a w a r e n e s s
m o n t h
“I wanted to get an
education and a good job
and get married some day.
Parenting a baby
would have made that
very difficult.
Adoption was
my answer.
It may be yours, too.”
ADOPTION
THE CHOICE YOU AND YOUR BABY CAN LIVE WITH
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Infant Adoption Awareness/National Council for Adoption
Right to Life of Teton County • P.O. Box 8313, Jackson, WY 83002 • 733-5564 • Elaine Kuhr
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BEST OF THE BLOG
From Rep. Keith Gingery’s
“Building a Strong Wyoming” blog:
Colin Simpson for Congress
There has been a lot of talk recently
as to whether State Representive Colin
Simpson will run for Wyoming’s lone
Congressional seat. He is goal-oriented and works to get bills through the
legislature. When he stands to speak
on the House Floor, everyone stops
whatever they are doing, because you
know that Simpson has found the
answer to solve whatever impasse the
rest of us were arguing about.
I just finished reading Senator Joe
Biden’s new book. He tells a story of a
very contentious Senate hearing he
was chairing. In the middle of the hearing, some personal issues occurred to
Sen. Biden. He comes back in and
takes his seat as the chair and his wife
(second wife) is standing off to the
side in a doorway. Our own Sen. Al
Simpson looks over and points to Sen.
Biden’s wife and says to Sen. Biden,
“That is all that matters. That is what is
important.”
I know Al Simpson has instilled that
belief in his own son, Colin. Rep. Colin
Simpson understands the importance
of his family. You can tell in his interactions with his wife and children that
they come first. All of this politics junk
comes a distant third or fourth. That is
the kind of congressman we should be
looking for Someone who still understands that your family comes first.
That we can work together and be
friends even if we don’t agree on
issues.
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more jurisdictions that are taking the
appropriate actions to pass smoke free
laws. The Teton County Tobacco
Prevention Program is in favor of a smoke
free ordinance. If passed, this would mean
that smoking would be prohibited in all
buildings that the public enters. In addition a statewide poll shows that two-thirds
of Wyoming voters support a ban on
smoking in public places, including
restaurants and bars.
The poll, commissioned by the
American Cancer Society in Wyoming
and other health organizations, also
found that 74 percent of registered voters
believe the right of customers and
employees to breathe clean air out weighs
smokers’ right to light up indoors. So
what part of “Let’s do the right thing”
don’t we understand?
I certainly applaud the article written
by Joe Schloss, Teton County GOP chairman, on “A Smoke Free Jackson” [Oct.
17, Grand Ol’ Perspective]. As Chairman
of the Teton County Democratic Party, I
believe it is time to support a bipartisan
effort to pass a smoke free ordinance. Our
elected officials need to put politics aside
and protect us from secondhand smoke in
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WILDLIVES
by Brooke Williams
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Reaching deeper
They said it could not be done, but Great Northern has achieved the impossible;
creating an expansive style of pop music without sacrificing listener intimacy.
This Los Angeles quintet shyly rocks the party with sweeping mini-epics laced
with subtle strings and surprisingly powerful chords. For a debut album,
Trading Twilight For Daylight
shows an incredible maturity and
emits a subdued feeling of knowing more than you do. The eerie
and engrossing melodies give the
impression that there is something
hidden in the music, beyond the
reach of the casual listener and
possibly even the artists themselves.
– Jack Murray
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At one point during the awards party for finances, and address our legal issues.
Old Bill’s Fun Run 11 last week at the They make recommendations about deliv- a
National Museum of Wildlife Art, the ering products and services to our commu- A
matching money donors were invited to nity more effectively. They help us blend o
stand on the stairs to be acknowledged. better into the “real” world of markets and N
Members of the nonprofit groups stood strategy and public relations. They help us h
below them on the floor. It was moving to see that your financial donations are real- c
watch those two groups – hundreds of us ly “investments,” and they see to it that 2
working for local nonprofits and dozens rep- the “returns” we offer are in line with the t
resenting the most generous philanthropic needs of our greater community.
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The Community Foundation m
community in the world –
handed out a staggering d
applauding each other. That
How can we
amount of money last week. I’m S
scene, combined with somefocus more
not alone in wondering how D
thing I’d just read in the Atlantic
on cooperamore of the money we raise to t
Monthly, got me thinking.
run our organization might go d
The Atlantic Monthly article tion in a effort
directly toward making the g
I’m referring to is about how
to leverage
world a better place. Over 200 s
former President Clinton is
the assets and
nonprofits participate in the s
“reinventing philanthropy” by
human
Old Bill’s program. Looking
surrounding himself with very
resources
over that sea of people in the c
successful business consultants.
museum last week, it occurred c
The author, Jonathan Rauch,
available in
to me that we’re all competing v
recalls visiting a meeting of the
the valley?
for a piece of the same philan- t
Clinton Foundation: “The lobby
thropic pie. We all have our dis- d
is a forest of pinstripe suits and
tinct missions, and yet some- R
smart skirts … The scene could
how we’ve been led to believe a
be mistaken for a convocation
at any cutting edge business consultancy or that our survival depends on anticipating the D
investment banking house or money-man- thoughts of those individuals and founda- s
agement firm … their business plan is not to tions to whom we go for funding, and then s
trade derivatives, or launch a hedge fund, or determining how best to serve their needs. w
consult on outsourcing, but to stop global How can we begin to focus less on competi- M
tion and more on cooperation in an effort to d
warming … It’s a systems problem.”
Clinton sees the major problems existing leverage more of the amazing assets and t
today from the perspective of system fail- human resources available in this valley? m
”It’s a systems problem.”
ure. He sees the greatest opportunity for
o
What would our entire system look like if e
solutions coming through business leaders
we were able to diagram it? Which niches N
who understand how systems work.
The wild world, which is the reason most are over-crowded (which causes are being m
of us choose to live in this eco-region, is an addressed by multiple organizations with r
amazingly complex system we may never significant overlap in their missions)? o
completely understand. It is reasonable to Which needs are going unmet? What serv- N
assume that as more people are attracted ices (payroll, database and website manage- s
to this place, this system will be stressed in ment, office systems) might be shared if we t
ways we can’t imagine. The better we view didn’t feel threatened by competition?
a
I believe that if, as a group of nonprof- w
this system at work here in Jackson, the
better we’ll be at predicting and avoiding its, we were able to tap even deeper into
the nonfinancial resources available here h
problems.
As a community, I’d say we’re doing to better visualize this system we work in, p
pretty well with this. I believe that much we would naturally blend together in coopof our success is due to the fact that many eration and become much greater than the H
of the philanthropists living in Jackson are sum of our individual efforts.
e
We owe it to all those who believe in us t
contributing more than dollars to local
and demonstrate it by investing their time l
nonprofits.
They serve on our boards. They help us and money.
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manage our employees, keep track of our
Brooke Williams appreciates the Jackson Hole philanthropic community for all it offers
the Murie Center, the organization he works for.
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GRAND OL’ PERSPECTIVE
by Joe Schloss
Happy Hillary Halloween
Some announcements just cry out for the Mafia is out get him. I can see it all
attention and this is one of them. The now, mobs of big bruisers chasing little
Associated Press just released the results Giulianis all over the neighborhood
of their Ipsos survey which indicates that while waving their guns in the air. Can’t
New York Senator, Hillary Clinton (D) we all just get along? What happened to
has won yet another poll. She was the top the good old days when we only had
choice when people were asked which Dick Nixon to kick around? What we
2008 presidential candidate would make really need is a survey of past and presthe scariest Halloween costume. Senator ent political Halloween costumes. How
Clinton captured 37 percent of the vote, would Hillary Clinton stack up against
say Dick Nixon or for that
more than any other candimatter how would she stack
date, Republican or Democrat.
I think that all
up against Bill Clinton?
Senator
Clinton,
the
our political
Now that’s a scary thought!
Democratic front runner for
candidates
Would Jimmy Carter be
the presidency seems to have
loved as a humanitarian or
done it again. Who could have work very hard
loathed as being outspoken?
in a thankless
guessed that she would have
Would Al Gore be cherished
such a commanding lead in
society.
for his work on global warmsuch an all important survey?
ing or chided for supposedly
Forty percent of voting men
inventing
the
internet?
chose Hillary as the scariest
Would Ross Perot be found
costume, while 66 percent of
scary for his prominent ears
voting women swore she was
or lovable for the same?
the scariest presidential candiAnd what about our founddate costume. Two-thirds of
ing fathers? Would Thomas
Republicans voted for her and
Jefferson be lauded for writa surprising 18 percent of
Democrats did as well. Could it be that ing the Declaration of Independence or
she scares the bejeezus out of her con- lambasted for being a slave owner?
stituency? By now you may be wondering Would George Washington be teased for
who the runner up was. Former New York his powdered wig or revered for his
Mayor and Republican presidential candi- patient guidance of a newly formed
date Rudy Giuliani received 14 percent of nation?
You see, it’s all about perception. One
the vote. Seventeen percent of the voting
men chose Rudy Giuliani while 12 percent person’s dream candidate is another perof the voting women felt he was the scari- son’s nightmare. I for one, think that all
est. No contest: Hillary wins hands down! our political candidates work very hard
No other presidential candidate received in a thankless society. Instead of mockmore than 6 percent of the total vote. It ing them we should praise them for
remains to be seen how this exciting turn doing what very few have the courage to
of events will translate into votes come do. How many of our readers would be
November 4th. Will Hillary command the able to swallow their pride while watchsympathy vote or does scary somehow ing an army of youngsters march by weartranslate into a good quality? Only time ing a costume with a likeness of them,
and your vote will tell. The Ipsos survey while they mock and denigrate your
was conducted by telephone October 16- image? Why has it become OK to make
18 and sampled more than 1,000 adults. It fun of those we disagree with? When did
has a sampling error of plus or minus 3.1 we become so callous that we care little
for the feelings of those who represent us
percentage points.
Do we really need to wear political while we appear to have the answers to
Halloween costumes? Come on folks, all the world’s problems? How about a
even Hillary has feelings and a family little bit of kindness to go with the festhat loves her. Well, at least Chelsea tive season of Halloween? After all, the
loves her. Anyone who wears a Rudy kids don’t know any better, but the parGiuliani costume has got to know that ents do!
Joe Schloss is a former Special Agent for the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, political
activist, Teton County GOP chairman, and member of the Wyoming GOP Central Committee
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November in the Hole
After a few weeks of the weather flip-flopping in October –
from Indian Summer to more winter-like conditions – things
now will start feeling more like winter full-time as we enter
November.
The average high temperature in November in Jackson
Hole is 40 degrees, though on rare days it can make it over
60 degrees, like the record high of 66 degrees we hit on
Nov. 7, 1999.
The average low temperature for the month is 16
degrees; however, overnight lows have been as cold as minus
27 degrees, as on Nov. 16, 1955.
The wettest November on record here in Jackson was in
1988. Following the very hot and dry summer, we received
4.24 inches of precipitation for the month. Compare that to
the 0.80 inches of total precipitation we got throughout
June, July and August that year.
The Town of Jackson averages
between nine and 10 inches of snow in
the month of November, up from an
average of just one inch in October. The
biggest November snowfall in town was
a whopping 40 inches back in 1985.
October 31, 2007
What is it normally like in
Jackson this week?
AVERAGE
HIGH
AVERAGE
LOW
47°F
19°F
Normal October
Precipitation:
Normal October
Snowfall:
1.44 inches
9.5 inches
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THUMBS UP, DOWN
Different worlds
On Friday evening, a friend
and I made the 35-minute trip
up (southward, but upriver) to
Bondurant to meet a friend who
was driving from Pinedale. The
famous Elk Horn Bar (occasional restaurant/community hub) in Bondurant is, of
course, just this side of the halfway mark
between Pinedale and Jackson. As it
turned out, my buddy had a flat tire on his
way up and, there not being much mobile
phone service in much of that area, we
were unable to communicate.
So anyway, there we were in Bondy (or
“Bondo,” as I’ve heard one northern
Sublette County native call it), long
enough for a beer and a couple bucks’
worth of Galaga, the classic, now-ancient
spaceship shoot-em-up. While there, we
met a friendly, if somewhat intoxicated
local of that lovely, largely agricultural little valley.
A week or so ago, other friends who live
in that area were lucky enough to attend a
“bear party,” the local tradition in which a
recently hunted and killed black bear is
the featured guest of honor while friends
and neighbors take photos and, usually,
shots of whiskey, too.
Having left a note for the friend who
never arrived at the Elk Horn, my companion and I rolled north and then over The
Pass to an opening at Victor’s Ciao
Gallery, in what could hardly have been a
more different social setting. In the span
of a few hours, we stepped foot and mingled in two very different communities
outside of Teton County. And we enjoyed
every minute of it.
– Ben Cannon
Costume gods
It’s hard to find a single girl in
Jackson Hole, I’m told. I imagine it’s equally hard to mine the
local thrift stores for a fab
Halloween costume without it
getting yanked out from under your nose
by the person six inches closer to it than
you are.
In a small town, one must compete for
resources: boyfriends, girlfriends, unoccupied trails, parking and a post office box
the right size. I was caught off-guard by
the hardscrabble creativity of the
Halloween costumes at Saturday’s KMTN
Bash – all so much better than mine. They
were puns, concepts and inside jokes.
They didn’t even all involve glitter,
although a strangely large number seemed
to include bicycle parts in one way or
another.
To the brave souls who bypassed the
“world wide internets,” Kmart and
Halloween Headquarters and headed
straight for the thrift stores, scrap piles
and garbage bins – here’s to you.
— Grace Hammond
Cold Feet?
Blurring the lines
California is burning. That we
know for sure. But they tried to
skew the facts when FEMA
faked a press conference. In
other news, Larry Craig is definitely in denial, stonewalling the press in
his living room. And Ol’ Dead-Eye Dick
Cheney was just hunting at a camp in New
York that flew the Rebel flag.
“The vice president did not see a flag,
nor did anyone on his staff traveling with
him in New York,” said Cheney’s spokes
person Megan M. Mitchell.
Right.
Obama uses literary license in his memoir, downplaying his years at Columbia
College. He doesn’t mention names of
friends or acquaintances from that time in
his life, which has made people question
who he was during his college years. “He
doesn’t remember the names of a lot of
people in his life,” said Ben LaBolt, a campaign spokesman.
Right.
Now we’re told that foreign fighters are
moving to Afghanistan to fight alongside
the Taliban in unprecedented numbers.
Reports claim that 5 to 10 percent of
Taliban members are now from foreign
countries. NATO claims this is a last ditch
effort on the part of the Taliban, an act of
desperation. Of the two foreign fighters
who the New York Times interviewed,
both denied involvement with the Taliban
and claimed to have moved to Afghanistan
simply to devote themselves to Islam.
Right.
Here in Jackson Hole, the biggest issue
is the proposed Teton Meadows Ranch in
South Park. Developer James Reinert has
promised affordable deed-restricted
homes for working class people in Teton
County. Opponents of the plan, however,
say it doesn’t have enough affordable
housing and at the same time that it is too
dense. Who’s right?
Lately is seems that truth boils down to
what you choose to believe, and how people
can get others to believe them. What’s right
and wrong appears to be lost in the dust.
— Sam Petri
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BRIEFS
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the board, and Alice Stevenson took
office with a year ago – about 1,700 votes
out of 4,500 registered voters in a county
with historically low election turnout.
But the head of the recall movement,
Nolan Boyle, who directs the conservative
property rights groups the Teton Valley
Alliance, has helped spearhead a drive to
register voters for absentee ballots.
By close of business Monday, nearly
1,300 of 1,800 absentee votes had been
received by the county, with more absentee forms on order from the printers, said
county clerk Mary Lou Hansen. At least
1,000 of the applications for those absentee ballots had been initially submitted by
Boyle and his associates.
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Boyle and others accused Stevenson
and Young of illegal email exchanges leading up to a March moratorium on new
subdivision applications. The state’s
attorney general last month cleared the
pair of any wrongdoing.
— Ben Cannon
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For comparison, when Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney swept
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A press release from the Clinton campaign said Clinton’s Wyoming supporters
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began her bid for the presidency earlier
this year.
“We are heartened by the strong support for Senator Clinton from across ‘your
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— Ben Cannon
Correction
Last week’s story about Connie Owen’s
retirement as executive director of the
Senior Center of Jackson Hole accidentally cut off the last paragraph. The story
ended: “It’s so bittersweet to leave the
people,” she said. “I have a lot of stuff I
want to do. You don’t wait until you’re old
to have a good time. They taught me that.
You have to do it along the way.”
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LETTERS
from page 5
going to happen anyway sooner or later,”
concede others (who always happen to
live farther away).
“Just what we need!” argue those who
are already scheming for ways to profit
themselves from the immense project, at
the probable expense of others.
This proposed development is a ridiculously bad idea, for only four simple reasons.
First, the county has a comprehensive
development plan that took a lot of planning and development to produce. The
Teton Meadows acreage was zoned rural
for many reasons. Those reasons have not
changed. Why even have a comprehensive
development plan if you are going to
amend it every time another developer
walks through the door with a new set of
grandiose drawings? “Plan your work,
then work your plan.”
Second, Teton Meadows would not be
an isolated development that is self-sustaining and free of negative impact upon
all surrounding developments. Rafter J,
Melody Ranch, South Park, Jackson. All
of those communities would be forced to
bear additional burdens to support the
new residents of Teton Meadows. More
hospital and medical services, more fire
department support, a greater trash dump
and recycling center burden, more banking and postal needs, more electricity
demand, more supplying of food and
domicile maintenance products, more
retail services, more school facilities (and
more buses), greater transportation and
law enforcement requirements, higher
property taxes – the list goes on and on.
Third, this development would only
compound utility infrastructure problems
in an area that is already beset and befuddled by those. There is, of course, the
question of providing sewage disposal for
the 1,500 or so residents of 500 new
homes – almost exactly equivalent in number to Rafter J, but built twice as dense.
But what of the greater water availability
problem? Teton Meadows would be directly south of Rafter J. Rafter J has had a
water shortage problem for years. Where
would Teton Meadows get enough water to
service 500 new homes? By drilling wells
and drawing upon the same water table
that already has difficulty in supplying the
demands of the residents of Rafter J? Or
maybe the developer of Teton Meadows is
planning to have more rain fall in that
area.
Fourth, and most significantly, a fully
developed Teton Meadows would constitute a major fire hazard that could threaten the very existence of hundreds of homes
in the surrounding area, along with the
lives of thousands. To “solve” the “affordable housing” shortage, the developer
would pack his matchbox homes onto lots
only .17 of an acre in size. Then he would,
effectively, create a dead-end cul-de-sac
with 500 homes at the end of it. One way
in, one way out. What happens if one of
those homes catches fire and the inferno
rages out of control before firefighters can
make their way through a maze of streets?
One home fire becomes two, two become
four, four become eight – in just a brief
period of time, hot wind-blown embers
would be flying over not just homes in
Teton Meadows, but those in Rafter J as
well. Do we have enough firefighters in the
valley to battle several blazes in both developments at the same time? And what of
the residents trying to flee Teton Meadows
for their lives? Their vehicles would all
clog the same small exit, both endangering
their lives and preventing firefighters and
rescue workers from entering the ill-fated
development. The fires in California, on a
per capita basis, would look like a campground campfire in comparison. The proposed Teton Meadows is a major disaster
movie in the making.
Whether or not our county planners and
commissioners should approve the developer’s ill-considered and abusive plan for
Teton Meadows is not a very complicated
decision. It’s not a mind-bending question
of whether South Park drivers should have
to wait for five cars or six before they turn
left onto Highway 89. It’s not any entangling, Goldilocksian question of whether
the proportion of “affordable” homes to
“way out of my price range” homes is too
high, too low or just right. It’s not even the
self-centered question of NIMBY.
It is merely a question of simple logic.
Approving the proposed Teton Meadows
development would be illogical, idiotic,
irresponsible and impossibly burdensome
upon all existing Teton County residents.
As a registered Teton County voter, I would
cast my vote against any political candidate
or present officeholder who supports it.
Enough, as they say, is enough.
— Fred Whissel, Rafter J
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LOCAL FISHING REPORT WEEK OF OCTOBER 31, 2007
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bridge down to West Table. One thing to keep in
mind is that with the lower flows the longer floats
take quite a while, so keep
that in mind when choosing a stretch to float.
Also, with the flows where
they are the wade fishing can
be great. There are lots of easy
access points for wade fishermen. Fish are
eating big flies, but are eating smaller size 12 – 16 more
readily. Wulffs, Humpies, Parachute Adams, and a variety of Baetis patterns are the
ticket. Dropping a beadhead nymph or Copper John below a size 8 – 12 Chernobyl pattern is producing some very nice fish. The streamer fishing has been good as well, so
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and the nymph fishing has been consistent throughout the day. Fall is a great time to chase some
big browns over there.
Yellowstone National Park – We have 2 more weeks before the park closes to fishing, and
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THEM ON US
by Jake Nichols
A message that bears repeating; Sen. Barrasso saves the
Wyoming Range; Salvi thrives in Texas; JH a holy place ...
The KX News team in Minot, N.D., ran a
short television piece that began with the wellcoiffed announcer anchor saying, “People in
Teton County, Wyoming, don’t seem to be getting the message about keeping garbage and
food away from bears.”
Those were actually the words of wildlife
managers in the Jackson Hole area who had to
put down a tenth black bear that was caught
breaking and entering Moran homes for food
last week. Conflicts with bears totaled 150
over the past five years in JH. This year alone
there have been well over 175 reported conflicts.
■
Sen. John Barrasso’s Wyoming Range
Legacy Act of 2007 has made fans of the
sportsmen and tourism industry. Wyoming’s
Tribune-Eagle rounded up the favorable comments that included Sportsmen for the
Wyoming Range’s Tom Reed, who said, “It’s
really fantastic.”
“It preserves a product that is vital to what we
have to market and sell,” Diane Shober, director
of Wyoming Travel and Tourism, added. “It will
contribute to the long-term enhanced value of
Wyoming’s tourism product.”
Even Bruce Hinchey, executive director of
the Petroleum Association of Wyoming, said
he was a fan of the bill. He pointed out that the
bill still would allow some existing leases to be
developed and would enable companies to take
part in buyback programs if they wanted. “We
understand there are areas the Senator and
others feel need to be protected for scenic val-
Wyoming Jews. With an already growing contingency of Jewish worshippers, word out of
Brooklyn, N.Y., is that Chabad-Lubavitch is
planning the first ever Chabad emissary in
Wyoming. Rabbi Zalman and Raizy
Mendelsohn will soon be settling in Jackson to
serve the state’s small Jewish population as
well as an estimated 3,000 Jewish tourists who
travel through the Jackson Hole area.
Wyoming was one of only four states to not be
represented by Chabad-Lubavitch.
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September unemployment numbers are out
and Teton County remains an easy place to
find work. Adjusting for seasonal jobs and taking into account that school has started back
up, the county’s unemployment is a miniscule
1.5 percent. Sublette led all 23 counties with a
1.1 percent of its labor force out of work. The
gainfully employed business editor, Tom Mast,
of the Casper Star-Tribune carried the news.
■
Ed Leamer didn’t let the pretty Jackson
Hole scenery get to him when he was here for
the big Federal Reserve retreat this past summer. Leamer’s treatise on the state of the
nation’s economy was glum, according to the
RGE Monitor and International Herald
Tribune.
The Ph.D is a Professor in Economics &
Statistics at UCLA and a big shot in economic forecasting. He said six of the last eight
housing recessions have ended up in economywide recessions, and the current housing woes
look to be the worst yet.
ues,” he said. “We will continue to work with
him and companies will do the same.”
■
Jessica Salvi is wowing them down in Texas.
Jessica Salvi, of local fame, is
wowing the Texans into fans.
Jackson residents will recall the JHHS student from the level of fame she achieved playing high school sports. Salvi was a basketball
standout and soccer phenom. She played on
the women’s hockey team and snowboarded
when she could. She also was the first girl to
score a point in all of Wyoming football when
she booted an extra point through the uprights
at the Willie T. Mac in Jackson.
Currently, the multi-talented athlete is the
Miners’ outstanding senior goal keeper at
UTEP.
“Jessica has been great,” Coach Kevin
Cross told the El Paso Times. “When she is on,
she is about the best. She makes saves nobody
else can make.”
■
Jackson is becoming the holy place of
David Rosenberg, the chief U.S. economist
for Merrill Lynch put it simply: “A miracle is
needed to avoid recession.”
Fed Governor Frederic Mishkin, speaking at
the Fed symposium on Sept. 1, estimated that a
20 percent drop in housing prices by the end of
2008 could cause the economy to shrink as
much as 1.5 percent within three years.
■
The Daily Record out of Ellensburg, Wash.,
ran an uplifting story on one of the few drug
and alcohol addicts who eventually fought his
way to sober living. “Shane” started drinking
beer at age 4. He graduated to marijuana and
cocaine by the sixth grade while living over
the hill in Idaho.
When he turned 17, the high school
dropout robbed a JH ski resort with some
friends and was sent to prison. “The judge
scared me,” he said. “He wasn’t very much
impressed with us Idaho boys. I almost got
sent to prison. It opened my eyes to where I
was headed and what I was doing.”
Shane has had his ups and downs, but has
since completed a 12-step program and has
been clean for four years now.
■
Lynn Cheney kicks the can down memory
lane in her new book, “Blue Skies, No Fences.”
In it, she recalls the carefree days in downtown Casper during the 1940s and ’50s when
the kids could be playing outside and no one
had to worry about them. She also recounts
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35
years of behind-the-scenes politics
with Teton County’s Jan Larimer
Interview by Richard Anderson
DEREK DILUZIO
Like an iceberg, 90 percent of the political process in America
is hidden from the average voter, submerged in a cold, murky
and merciless sea. For most, that’s by choice. Others, like
Jackson Hole resident Jan Larimer, dare to dive in and explore they seek to understand that massive bulk underneath.
Since 1973, Larimer has been involved in Wyoming and
national politics, first helping on statewide campaigns – “licking
envelopes and stuffing envelopes,” she said – and later as a
Republic National Committeewoman. Today she is Vice
Chairman of the Western States, which consists of 15 states and
several territories.
Larimer was born and raised in Ohio and attended school at
Bowling Green. She taught high school in inner-city Cleveland,
where she met her husband Jack, at the time a student at Case
Western Reserve Medical School, now a retired radiologist, member of the St. John’s Medical Center Board of Trustees and chairman of the Jackson Hole Airport Board.
Larimer said she did not grow up in a politically active household, but only became involved after moving to Casper, where virtually all statewide candidates had their campaign headquarters.
“Coming from Ohio and always living in a bigger state, you didn’t know who your representatives were, your senators, or your
governor,” she said. “You never had the chance to meet them.
Here in Wyoming, you have a chance to make a difference and
you have a chance to actually meet these people. It was handson. It was fun.”
She said she didn’t take politics that seriously at first, but in
1978, Wyoming had a gubernatorial election, a U.S. Senate election, which Al Simpson eventually won, and a U.S. House race,
which Dick Cheney took.
“It was a very, very good year,” she said, the one when she
Jan Larimer
first got to be friends with Cheney and when she realized
that, in Wyoming at least, an average citizen could get to
people from each state. There is the state chairman, the national commitknow the candidates, could get involved, could make a difference. Ten teeman and the national committeewoman. And those are representative of
years later, she ran for National Committeewoman for the State of the 50 states plus our territories.
Wyoming and became a member of the Republican National Committee.
PJH: So, what are your responsibilities?
While many of us are tired of election season rhetoric and mud slinging,
JL: We are the liaison between, in my case, the State of Wyoming and the
Larimer is hip deep in conferences and meetings, gearing up for the Republic Republican National Committee. And then I went on from there and I ran for
National Convention in Minneapolis and dealing with the aftermath of the vice chairman of the Republican National Committee. I represent the 15
Wyoming Republican Party’s decision to thwart national committee rules and Western states and territories on the executive committee of the RNC. …
hold its primary on Jan. 5, a month before Iowa’s caucus and New
PJH: Are there day-to-day, week-to-week duties, or is it just around political
Hampshire’s primary.
times?
Still, she seemed perfectly relaxed when the Planet met with her Sunday
JL: It’s around political times more or less, but, being on the executive comafternoon at her Teton Village home.
mittee, that’s where a lot of policy and decisions are made, so it does take
some time. And it leads to other things. In 1999, I was asked the chair the site
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Planet Jackson Hole: I’m not even entirely sure what that means, being on selection committee to chose a site for the Republican National Convention. I
chaired that committee – we chose Philadelphia – and then I went on and cothe Republican National Committee.
Jan Larimer: On the Republican National Committee, there are three chaired the Republican National Convention. I actually moved to Philadelphia
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PJH: How is Susan doing?
JL: I think it’s really tough. Her life revolved around
Craig and politics. She was a great partner in that. …
I think she misses Craig like crazy. She’s not teaching, she sold the house in Washington and she’s back
in Casper. There will be a lot of adjustments, but she
still has so much to give and to offer Wyoming. We
need to take advantage of that …
PJH: How about Dick Cheney – tell me more about
your relationship with him.
JL: We go back to the days that I lived in Casper …
. The headquarters for all of those campaigns was
always in Casper, so they were around Casper more
than they were anywhere else when they were doing
their campaigning … . The kids were here, Liz and
COURTESY JAN LARIMER
for a good seven to nine months – commuted for a
year and a half and then moved there full time to do
the convention.
PJH: Can you give a little behind-the-scenes
description of, first of all, choosing the site?
JL: We had seven cities that we looked at. Six of
them were very serious. We went to all the cities and
went back to four. At that time, it was prior to 9/11,
and lots of cities were interested. … A National
Convention is kind of like the Olympics where, when
they’re going on, the whole world is watching. We
ended up choosing Philadelphia for a lot of reasons,
but part of it was because it was the turn of the century and [Philadelphia] was the birthplace of politics
and lots of things for America … and it was a very
good match.
It’s probably the most exciting thing I’ve ever done
in politics, the most rewarding as well, if you like 18hour days. And I have said before that the cherry on
the frosting on the cake was, when we were in the
middle of all of this, Dick Cheney was chosen to be
the vice presidential candidate. It doesn’t get much
better than that when you live in Jackson and it’s a
hometown guy.
PJH: You’ve had a long and enduring relationship
with Mr. Cheney, got to see him through quite a few
stages in his career – ’78, when he was first elected
–
JL: – and when he had his first heart attack … –
PJH: – and then after U.S. Representative, he
became George Bush Sr.’s Secretary of Defense.
JL: Yes, and that’s when Craig Thomas [replaced
him]. That was the first process I had been through
like that, when we chose Craig Thomas. That was the
state Republican Party that chose our candidate in
the House race – that’s how it works – and we chose
Craig Thomas, and he ran in a special election
against John Vinich, and obviously he won.
PJH: So this last year’s process with Mr. Barrasso,
you’re an old hand at that.
JL: It’s almost politics gone all the way around,
because that’s how Craig Thomas was chosen and
that’s how we chose Craig Thomas’s successor. So it
was very bittersweet. Craig and I were very good
friends. He was also from Casper, and we had a great
relationship over the years. It was really hard to see it
happen that way. But John Barrasso and I are also
good friends. I ran his ’96 campaign when he lost in
primary for U.S. Senate.
PJH: Tell me more about Sen. Thomas.
JL: He was a great representative for Wyoming. He
cared about Wyoming. He was so proud of Wyoming
and he worked so hard for Wyoming and he just cared
about everything. He grew up in a one-room schoolhouse in Wapiti and never forgot his roots. He came
home every weekend. He always said he worked in
Washington and lived in Wyoming, and he lived up to
that. Susan and Craig were everywhere, doing everything … I remember one time he was here for some
political meetings and he and his wife … decided they
were going to climb the Grand, so they came by the
house, borrowed some gear, and climbed the Grand.
… Susan decided one time when they were here on a
political visit that she wanted to do the paragliding off
the mountain. So, I’m sitting on my back porch and
over she came in a tandem paraglider. …
Larimer poses with President George Bush in a
recent photo op at the White House.
Mary – it was fun to watch them grow up – and it’s fun
to see where Dick has gone, you know, from our
Congressman to Secretary of Defense to Vice
President. That’s pretty special for Wyoming … . That
normally doesn’t happen.
And I think that Lynne has definitely found her
niche. Her new book, which is “Blue Skies, No
Fences,” was just released, and she launched it
Friday and Saturday in Casper, as Casper College,
and they did book signings. It’s absolutely delightful,
because it’s about her growing up in Casper, and I
know all those people and those alleys that she’s talking about, and that’s made it very, very fun for me. I’ve
thoroughly enjoyed her research and her studying
and learning about her Mormon family that came
across as pioneers on a wagon train …
PJH: What’s one thing you can tell people … about
[Dick Cheney] that maybe people don’t know about
him, that makes him more of a real person?
JL: There are so many politicians that have a
Washington persona and a home persona … . He
doesn’t have that. He’s never changed. He’s the same
person that I met in the ’70s that he is now. I think
they’re really looking forward to January ’09 when
they can be grandparents and they can be Wyoming
citizens again and they can be themselves.
PJH: So, no more of the public life for Cheney?
JL: I don’t think so. I’d be very surprised. …
PJH: I remember reading someplace about how it’s
amazing how important a role in national politics
Wyoming has played over at least the 20th century,
given how small our population is.
JL: I think that’s because we’ve sent some amazing
people. They’ve always been in leadership or had
leadership roles. They made Wyoming more important
… . Al Simpson always said that all politics are local,
and that politics are not a spectator sport, and that
really sums up Wyoming politics. You can get
involved, you can make a difference, and it’s a lot of
fun. And between the Republicans and the
Democrats, you know, everyone’s a friend in
Wyoming, everyone knows everyone. It isn’t like
you’re reading a name in a paper, it’s a person that
you actually know that you can put with a face. …
Al always said if you wanted to get your head on
right you just come back to Wyoming and walk the
small streets and sat at a pot-bellied stove at some of
these little crossroads, and told you exactly what they
thought and it kept you grounded. That’s the beauty of
Wyoming: Everybody does have an opinion and they
are all willing to give it.
PJH: Going back a bit more to yourself and your
position with the RNC … you suggested that it’s not
necessarily a 40-hour-a-week, 50-weeks-a-year job, it
kind of comes and goes.
JL: It definitely comes and goes, depending on what
year and what election cycle it is. We’re embroiled in
it right now because Wyoming Republicans have
moved our primary up to Jan. 5, and so we will lose
half our delegates to the national convention, half our
guest passes.
PJH: Did you think that was a wise decision?
JL: It was a decision that was made by the committee. But because of that we are one of five states in
the United States that is going to be penalized [along
with Florida, South Carolina. Michigan and New
Hampshire] … I think that the primary system is definitely broken. We felt that we were being lost in the
shuffle and that if we didn’t try to give our voters in
Wyoming a chance to meet these candidates, that we
weren’t doing our job, and if we had not moved up to
Jan. 5, they would not have had the presidential candidates in the state of Wyoming.
PJH: We’ve already seen the results of that, I guess.
JL: Yes, and tonight [Oct. 28] in Cheyenne, Ron
Paul and Duncan Hunter are there, so candidates
have been coming. They have been mailing, and calling our precinct people and our central committee
members, and they are advertising… . I don’t know
that we would have had that kind of attention had we
not moved up to Jan. 5.
PJH: What really changes, though? We still only have
the same three electoral votes.
JL: We are the first state in the West to choose delegates to the national convention. The candidates are
interested in Wyoming because they can claim
Wyoming as a win, just as they could Iowa or New
Hampshire, on a smaller scale. We will be electing 12
delegates on that day – Jackson gets a delegate –
and they are going to have to declare for whom they
are going to vote. …
PJH: There are so many layers, so many steps we
go through between the time we see someone on television saying he or she is running for president and
the time they are elected, I think it’s probably very
confusing to the average voter … .
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JL: I think the other part of it is the speech and we just need to be more
cost nowadays. It’s just he who has the aware that the free speech ought to
most money wins. That’s not what positive free speech and not always trydemocracy is about. And it’s very diffi- ing to tear somebody down and bash
cult for a lot of these candidates that somebody. …
PJH: Do you ever get down on the
don’t have money to keep their message going until there’s a vote. They system?
JL: Absolutely. You think I don’t want
may be out of money before the first of
January …. That’s all part of what I think to do this any more – been there, done
that, seen it all – and then you turn the
is a broken system.
PJH: So, the process continues along corner and something great will happen
on the state level until the national con- and you go, “No, I want to do it one
vention when the delegates vote and more time,” because … there’s an end
elect a candidate officially. … What’s of the rainbow out there and everybody
wants it, and we want better days. I see
your job at that point?
better days coming for the
JL: … I am also a member
We need to
Untied States, and we all
of
the
Committee
on
want to be a part of it.
Arrangements … which runs be more aware
PJH: Do you have to be
the National Convention. … I
that free
an optimist to be in politics?
will go to Minnesota the first
speech out to
JL: I think it helps. If
couple days in December
be positive
you’re only going to see the
and we will bring in the
negative side, then I don’t
media, which is 4,500
free speech
know that you ever see that
strong, and do a walkand not always
there’s a bright side. That’s
through with them, show
trying to tear
“gotcha” politics, if you’re
them the convention floor,
not going to be an optimist.
show them where their work
somebody
PJH: Do people play that
space will be, that sort of
down.
“gotcha” game … because
thing. … It will be their first
they are in it for the wrong
glimpse of our convention
reasons or they are just pessite and what Minneapolis
simistic about it?
and St. Paul have to offer,
JL: I think it’s a combinaand it’s always a very excittion of both. I think you do have people
ing time.
PJH: I guess you have had a much in it for the wrong reasons, and I do
closer and more intimate look at how think if you’re passionate about your
the national media works than most candidate sometimes you can get carried away and go overboard. And somepeople have as well.
JL: That’s been fascinating. My office times you just think it’s a whole rotten
in Philadelphia was right next to Mike system – but it isn’t. Our forefathers
Miller, who ran the media part for us, were very smart in what they’ve done.
the media operations – and he’s run- We’ve been able to live under the
ning the media operations again in Declaration of Independence and I
Minneapolis – and they would call him think that it is the right way to go. …
nonstop, because they wanted to have People are coming here because they
the best hotel room and they wanted want to live in America.
PJH: On the National Committee
the best this and that. …
PJH: It seems like politics simultane- level, do you discuss platforms?
JL: We discuss roles more than anyously brings the best out in people –
and in a population – also brings the thing else. The running of the
Republican National Party is set from
worst out in them. …
JL: I think a lot of it in Wyoming is convention to convention, every four
because people do have opinions and years. We live under the platforms and
they’re not afraid to speak up. It gets resolutions and rules that were set in
real rough and raw sometimes, and I 2004. That’s why Wyoming is in trouble,
think people need to understand that because we’re breaking the rules. In
these are public servants, that these 2008 at the convention, they’ll be set
are people who have probably given again. …
But we also have another outlet in
up, in many instances, high-paying jobs
and high-paying professions in order to Wyoming, and that is we know our
we
know
our
serve. And they are serving and they’re Senators,
doing the best they can, and I believe Congresswoman. We can pick up the
that we need to be looking for the phone and call them and they talk to
good, not the bad. Democracy is a us, there’s constant communication
tough situation. … We do not run dicta- with them. I just talked to John
torships and we allow people free Barrasso. On Thursday, he introduced
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w w w. y o g a t e j a s . c o m
GOING GREEN
by Nancy Taylor, Green Building Consultant
Santa Barbara
leading the way to
greener world
When architect Ed Mazria proposed
his 2030 Challenge to Santa Barbara,
Calif., no one had any idea that that
city would be the first in the nation to
adopt his revolutionary building plan.
The 2030 Challenge proposes that
buildings be designed and constructed
to be 50 percent more efficient than similar buildings in the same area. Mazria’s
plan also proposes that all new and renovated buildings be carbon neutral by
the year 2030. A carbon neutral building
uses no external power-grid energy
source that produces carbon dioxide.
The buildings can be super insulated,
use energy efficient glass and solar or
wind for heating and cooling.
The Santa Barbara plan exceeds
the State of California’s energy standards by 20 percent for low-rise residential buildings, 15 percent for
high-rise residential buildings and 10
percent for nonresidential buildings,
according to Eric Lindberg,of the
Santa Barbara Daily Sound. The new
regulations are subject to approval by
the state, but they should be accepted.
The building sector contributes more
carbon dioxide to the atmosphere than
transportation, so it is appropriate that
architects, city and county planners,
and builders play a key role in designing carbon neutral buildings. The materials and technologies are all in place;
it is simply a matter of coordination,
regulation and cooperation to utilize
energy-efficient methods.
Renewable energy is available for all
buildings. The sun shines on most
buildings, but architects and designers
must orient buildings to take advantage
of the sun. Also, those paying for projects must understand that future energy
savings will offset initial up-front costs.
As Jackson Hole aims to reduce
its carbon footprint, we can learn a
thing or two from Santa Barbara.
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year, Jackson Community Recycling recycled
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the Wyoming Range Bill. That’s what Negative advertising has become the
he’s out there to do. When we chose mode of how you get elected. And both
him, or when the Governor chose him parties, both sides, do it. With
from the three names we passed on … Campaign Finance Reform that was
it was to fight for Wyoming, once again, passed, I think it’s a horrible thing.
in the Craig Thomas mode. The Wild Campaign Finance Reform weakened
and Scenic [bill to protect the headwa- the Democratic and Republican parties
ters of the Snake River], he said they and what you could do for your candican’t get out of committee – they’re dates, but it sprung up all these, I don’t
backed up 63 bills – so he can’t do know what they were – 501s, 507s,
anything about that until the log jam whatever they are – and very few of
them are positive. … It shouldn’t be all
heals.
Do I personally think Congress is about the money and it shouldn’t be all
broken right now? Yeah, I do. I don’t about “gotcha” politics. … They should
see much action going on, much hap- be able to say what they’re running for,
why they are running, how
pening. And I think it’s very
The reason I
they are going to make a
frustrating to our Senators
difference, and then that is
and our Congressmen … and
do this is
what we should be voting
the rest of Wyoming.
because it’s
PJH: Not to put you on the
on.
enjoyable and
spot, but what’s the fix?
PJH: Instead of having to
JL: As long as the country
waste a lot of time defendfun. When it
ing themselves.
is almost evenly divided
ceases to be
JL: With rumor and innuRepublican and Democrat it’s
endo. And I think that the
going to stay broken. You fun, don’t do it.
Internet has definitely conhave to have some kind of a
tributed to that. It’s real
majority that you can work
easy to sit there and not be
with to get bills passed and
identified and spew forth
to
get
things
through
whatever. …
Congress. You might be able
Everything used to be
to introduce a bill, but there’s
done … by volunteers. Now
enough in the minority side
it seems be it politics or
that you can always block a
nonprofits or whatever you
bill. For various political reasons or whatever else, it’s not happen- have to pay more people to do it
ing. As long as we stay – I think it’s 51- because we have less time. They’re
49 right now, I’m not sure – nothing’s more involved. And maybe they’re more
knowledgeable about the world
going to change.
PJH: I read recently a quote saying because of the Internet, because of the
that you believe a Republican can win newspapers, because of television. I
in the presidential election. … What do don’t think that everything that’s
you think that’s going to take?
changed is good, I don’t think that
JL: I think it’s all up for grabs. I do everything that has changed is bad, but
not have a candidate that I’m support- I think we in politics need to change to
ing, I think that that has not shaken out keep up with everything, so that we
yet. I’m hoping that when the process understand better where the citizens
starts in January, Wyoming will have a not only of Wyoming but of the United
say in who it will be, but I do not believe States.
that this country is going to go one way
I also believe that as the Baby
or the other right now. Either party can Boomers now get to age of retirement,
win … . It depends who the candidates that’s going to make a huge difference
are. It depends if people turn out for on the politics of the country. The aging
the right reasons, or in some instances, population and their needs and wants
they’ll turn out for the wrong reasons.
are definitely going to affect politics in
I do believe there will be a backlash the future.
PJH: Anything closing thoughts?
if Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nomJL: The reason I do this is because
inee, that there will be people who will
not vote for her. That might be the best it’s enjoyable and it’s fun. I can’t imagturnout that the Republicans can get. ine anyone taking on any project that
Do I necessarily think that that’s posi- they didn’t enjoy and they didn’t like.
When it ceases to be fun, don’t do it,
tive? No. …
And do I know if Barbara Cubin is but it is still interesting and fun and you
going to run again or not? No, I do not. know you can make a difference. You
PJH: Being involved in politics for wonder some days, but in the end you
almost 35 years … what has changed?
do make a difference. I think our counJL: Things are meaner, they are nasti- try is still looking at the best days
er, they’re definitely more negative. ahead of it.
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Randy ‘The Recycler’ Williams lets nothing go to waste
“We can take wood chips or pellets and can go into schools or other institutional type
buildings like hospitals, and we can produce heat on an extremely competitive level – on
A decade ago, this story would have appeared in Mother Earth News. Randy Williams an economic par with, say, natural gas or electric prices,” Williams claims.
“In Darby, Mont., they are heating three schools, and the emissions from that whole
would be called a tree hugger, a greenie, or worse. Ours has always been a nation of consumers. It mattered little that most of the world’s dinosaur juice was pumped mainly system are equivalent to about two or three modern day pellet stoves. It’s a very, very
from countries that hate us. We wanted and wasted often. Talk of sustainability was for clean energy from an emissions standpoint, and they are saving well over $100,000 a
year on their utility bills.”
hippies; recycling, the rhetoric of wackos.
Wyoming is the latest state to join five others in a program called “Fuels for
But today, a 55-gallon barrel of crude oil is approaching $100 a barrel. Recent news
from the World Wildlife Fund reports that over 140 of the world’s leading scientists Schools,” which promotes the use of wood biomass as a renewable, natural resource.
Currently, over 40 school systems get their
believe we are consuming the Earth’s
heat from scrap wood, each saving $50,000
resources at three times the rate at which
to $150,000 a year. In less than three days,
they can be replenished. They say there will
Williams’s wood chipper can grind enough
be nothing left by the year 2050.
wood to heat the Jackson Hole High
Making something out of nothing is what
School for a year.
Randy Williams set out to do five years ago.
Water quality was another issue the Teton
Now he watches it happen everyday at the
Conservation District wanted to address
Teton County transfer station.
when it was issued a special use permit by
“Bob Lucas brought me up here and
the Forest Service to truck out horse
showed me the waste going on,” Williams
manure generated by the dude string at
remembers. “There was a large pile of
Jenny Lake Lodge. With the help of Terra
dimensional wood waste, about 4,500 tons
Firma Organics and its portable wood
of it a year. The county was paying to have
grinder, Williams not only solved the probit ground up. Then they were paying to have
lem but helped the Wyoming Department
it hauled down to the Sublette County landof Transportation.
fill, and then they paid a tipping fee on top
“We had high nutrient loads in some
of that.”
nearby streams here in the county from
As a man who has spent some 30 years in
horse manure,” says Williams. “We thought,
natural resource management, Williams
‘Well, that material is high in nitrogen and
knew there was a better way. And as the
the wood is high in carbon. You put the two
executive
director
of
the
Teton
together and, voila, you’ve got compost,
Conservation District, he was in a position
which is carbon-neutral and highly usable in
to do something about it.
this county.’”
Today, that pile of wood is ground up at
Williams will ship a million pounds of
the rate of 60 tons an hour. The end product
compost from Buffalo Valley to
is wood chips used for heating greenhouses
Togwotee Pass to be used in the WYDOT
in the northern U.S. and Canada. Some
highway redevelopment.
wood chips are being composted and
“Another good example of how we could
trucked to Rexburg to Basic American
put compost to use was the Canyon Club,”
Foods where they are used in a steam-powWilliams says. “At the time that was being
ered plant to process potatoes.
built, they brought in over 300 truckloads of
“We are also working with the town to use
compost for that golf course and, you know,
some of the mulch along the sides of pathwe could have produced that right here and
ways, offsetting the need to have excessive
at the same time solved some environmenamounts of pesticides for weed control,”
tal issues we were having.”
Williams says.
Compost is one thing, but wood as an alterInteresting uses for a pile of wood the
Randy Williams sees money – and ideas for saving the planet – in a pile of
native energy source is what has Williams
town couldn’t pay anyone to take. But
scrap wood at the cunty tranfer station.
and others with vision really excited.
Williams is more ambitious. He wants
“St. Paul, Minn., uses wood chips to heat 31 million square feet,” he says. “They literthe homerun.
“I look at it in a community sense,” Williams says. “Why outsource everything and ally heat most of the downtown infrastructure. It works very, very efficiently. We could
bring everything into our community to sustain ourselves? That’s really not sustainabil- easily heat all of downtown Jackson with this wood, which would be pretty neat. We
ity. If we’re really going to be sustainable then we are going to need products like this could have heated sidewalks and the town could be heated and the energy would be comthat we can turn back into energy or make into compost that can go back into the soils. ing from right here.”
The Teton Conservation District along with Terra Firma Organics is one of the first
To me, that’s being sustainable. That’s using stuff that’s right here with products that we
recipients of grant money from the 1 Percent for the Tetons fund, which now boasts over
need to get rid of anyway.”
Williams would like to see his wood chipper making compost for vegetables grown in 50 business participators and doled out $100,000 in grant money in its inaugural year.
a local greenhouse heated by wood pellets produced from a pile of castoff pallets, two- This December, the district will launch a food waste program with its 1 Percent grant
by-fours and plywood. Better yet, he could heat the high school, the hospital, even the money in a cooperative effort with Jackson Whole Grocer, Four Seasons Resort, The
Blue Lion, the Journeys School, and others.
Town of Jackson.
JAKE NICHOLS
by Jake Nichols
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“We estimate there is approximately
4,000 tons a year that we could take out
of food waste, and instead of that going
to the landfill it can be composted,”
Williams says.
Gypsum from discarded sheetrock is
also being used in soil remediation at
drilling sites in the natural gas fields.
Terra Firma is working with a nominee for
the Nobel Prize on an enzyme that converts wood cellulose to ethanol more efficiently. An ethanol plant being built in
Upton, Wyo., is expected to be one of the
largest in the U.S. upon completion.
“A company out of Rexburg, Idaho, produces a solar type of energy that is not photovoltaic but is on the concept of, like, a
magnifying glass,” Williams says. “It concentrates sunlight on a metal plate which is
then used to heat hot water in your house.”
A change is happening. The mindset of
Americans is shifting. Still, even with public sentiment in tow, Williams knows it’s
the bottom line that sways policymakers.
“You do have to show a spreadsheet.
You have to show a bottom line and it has
to work,” he admits. “We have looked at
other sources of energy; corn, for
instance. It is a big thing in the U.S. with
the talk of going to ethanol. Well, that’s
only about a 10 percent net energy gain
after the whole process. You take wood,
that’s a 300 to 500 percent positive gain.
In the next couple of years we are looking
at somewhere in the realm of $300,000 to
$400,000 a year in savings to the county.
I think numbers like that would get a legislator’s attention.”
The technology is there, Williams says,
even if we do lag behind Europe.
“They have the technology, the science,
the delivery systems, the education with
the public,” he says. “They are just way
ahead of us in that regard. Most of the
wood pellets generated in Canada and
the U.S. are being shipped overseas.
Does that make sense? When we should
be using that technology right here?
But the tide is turning. This article
appears not in Mother Earth News but in
the Planet. In another 10 years, Williams
might be reading these radical new energy source ideas in the New York Times
business section.
“It’s happening,” he says of the trend
to make communities more sustainable.
“Everywhere I go I see it picking up. I’ve
been to 25 different states now looking at
these programs. Everywhere I go, everyone is on a real steep curve and ramping
up with the technology and bringing systems on board.”
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COUNTYPAGE
Watchdog group tests new
tricks on Teton Meadows
by Ben Cannon
Last Thursday, Save Historic Jackson
Hole, a local watchdog group that has
charged itself with fighting for slow, smart
growth, attracted a crowd of 80-plus to
Colter Elementary School to discuss the
500-home Teton Meadows plan, proposed
for the Seherr-Thoss property in South Park.
While the discussion suggested Teton
Meadows faces a rough road ahead, it also
suggested a new style, strategy and public
presence for Save Historic Jackson Hole.
The group for several years has operated
more quietly from the sidelines, but this
past summer hired its first executive director, Brian Grubb.
Teton Meadows Ranch, backed by former Chicago developer James Reinert and
his assembled team of formidable planning and public relations personnel, is in
the early stages of the county application
process. It aims to build 500 homes on the
288-acre Seherr-Thoss property in
Jackson’s South Park area. The owners are
entitled to build up to 50 single-family
home on the parcel under its current rural
zoning. That land remains an un-built pastureland on which now only a gravel pit
stands. It is surrounded, however, by the
Rafter J Ranch, Melody Ranch and South
Park Ranches subdivisions.
The crux of Teton Meadows’ bid for a
massive density bonus lies in what the
developer is proposing as a dynamic, but
yet unclear approach to providing housing
for Teton County’s full-time, working class
residents. Beyond the 125 units, or 25 percent traditional affordable housing – now
the minimum allotment required under a
recent emergency ordinance – Reinert and
company are proposing 375 “homestead
ownership” units. By a proposed deed
restriction, those would remain available
for ownership by Jackson residents who
own no other homes in the valley and who
work here 1,480 hours a year.
There have been, as yet, no specifics
released by the applicant that detail initial
sale prices in a niche market that would,
the developer contends, regulate itself
beneath free market valuation.
The Teton Meadows site plan and sup-
plemental literature on the development
also call for smart planning principles,
green building practices regionally
unprecedented at this scale, urban-style
parks, a U.S. Mail kiosk and a bus stop.
There also have been talks of an elementary school site.
As representatives of Save Historic
Jackson Hole have said in the past, it supports property owners’ rights, and Grubb
said the organization has no objection to
Reinert building the number of homes
currently allowed by zoning.
But the much denser neighborhood that
has been proposed, which would connect
to Highway 89 via the two-lane South Park
Loop Road, would, by Grubb’s calculations, increase average daily vehicular
trips from about 4,000 to 15,420 (the
applicant has presented data suggesting it
would contribute 4,600 ADT), effectively
ruining the character of a rural road
already nearing its capacity, he said.
On Thursday, Grubb addressed the
crowd of residents, many of whom live
near the property in question, currently in
the early stages of the county application
process. “If you are or are not in favor of
affordable housing you probably won’t
support this project,” he told the crowd.
One common theme that came up as
Grubb fielded questions and comments
from the room, was how to publicly resist
or oppose Teton Meadows Ranch without
coming across as a “NIMBY” – a common
acronym standing for “Not In My
Backyard” – a stigma not uncommonly
branded on those perceived to oppose
development from home sites that were at
one time, of course, open lands.
“They’ve rolled out this project extremely well,” said Rich Bloom. “What we have
to do as citizens, and this is hard to do –
we’ll be attacked as NIMBY and nogrowthers – [is] write letters and not
expect [county officials] to do all the
work for us.”
Bloom said he feared the project is
already perceived by many as 100 percent
affordable, thanks to what was characterized as a slick unveiling and public relations campaign by the Teton Meadows
Ranch team.
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A city council race in Victor,
but Driggs nearly locked-down
by Ben Cannon
Election Day, Nov. 6 in Teton Valley,
Idaho, will see not only a county-wide
recall vote of two county commissioners
but also city council elections for Victor
and Driggs. In Victor, the departure of
councilmember Sue Karichner leaves one
vacancy certain, while incumbent Grant
Thompson will defend his spot against
three newcomers – Jeff Secrest, Dave
Bergart and Scott Fitzpatrick – vying for
the two seats.
Thompson, 60, is by some years the
most senior candidate in the running. He
is the only Teton Valley native in the
group (his grandparents homesteaded
there in the early 1900s) and has served
two terms as a councilmember.
He said of the small town politics in
Victor – at least among this pool of candidates – that “You can’t really have a political platform, only common sense and
integrity, and you reach out to the public.”
In interviews, there is a mutual respect
among the candidates and there are few,
if any, striking topical dissimilarities
among the pack. All cited the economic
viability of downtown, sewers (Victor is
eyeing a new wastewater treatment plant
to the tune of around $10 million), and
the interconnectivity and character of the
town and Main Street as the key issues.
Thompson might, in some ways, represent the Old Guard, but he identifies
more or less with the same issues as his
competitors: steering Victor’s growth in
the development rapidly transforming
Teton Valley.
“We all sort of agree on what we consider the main issues,” said Secrest, who
relocated to Victor from the Dallas suburbs in ’03 and sits on Victor’s planning
and zoning board.
Secrest, a realtor with arguably more
insight into housing and zoning issues
than the others, said he would support a
smaller minimum lot size of 8,000 square
feet near the core downtown, allowing for
less expensive new homes in that area.
He also said his particular interest in creating a “green belt” along Trail Creek,
which runs through Victor, has distinguished him as a candidate.
Last year Victor passed a comprehensive
plan that all four candidates pointed to as
a healthy guiding document to follow.
At 28, Dave Bergart is the youngest can-
didate for Victor City Council. An
increasingly common story, he moved out
of Jackson a few years ago to plant a stake
in Victor, where he could still afford to
buy a home and did so.
“I liked the small community feel here
and basically the access to a large playground,” said Bergart, who works as a
manager for Van Vleck House Family
Services in Jackson. “I want to make sure
that we’re growing smartly, and concentrate on making downtown very pedestrian friendly,” he said, citing that Main
Street is a stretch of highway running
through Victor.
Bergart has campaigned in conjunction
with Scott Fitzgerald. The two have sent
out a series of direct mailers and are running on similar platforms.
“I think it’s an important time over here,”
said Fitzgerald, who owns Fitzgerald’s
Bicycles in Jackson. “I think it’s a time when
the future of Victor and Teton Valley will be
decided and I thought I should do my part to
help steer it in the right direction.”
Down the road in Driggs, two registered
candidates and one write-in are vying for
two seats on the city council there.
Dan Powers has served on the Driggs
board since he took over in January for
Mary Lou Hansen, who left her seat to
serve as newly-elected county clerk.
Colin Dye, vying for one of the seats,
will also appear on ballots. A third man,
Marshal McInnes, who was earlier
appointed to a vacated seat – that of
Jeanne Marie Callahan, who moved out
of the area earlier in the year – did not
register in time as a candidate but did submit a declaration of intent to qualify himself as a write-in candidate.
McInnes’s name will not be posted at
the polls, said Driggs City Clerk Sara
McMillon, but voters who ask for the
names of write-in candidates will be provided those names at the polls.
Also on the ballot in Driggs is the
renewal and expansion of a half-cent
“Resort Tax,” eligible for Idaho towns
with populations of less than 10,000.
The tax, which has generated about
$171,000 annually since it took effect in
‘01, has been limited to road maintenance. Driggs voters will decide Tuesday
whether to diversify that money into town
beautification, sidewalks and other associated infrastructure, along with roads,
McMillon said.
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Moran resident questions Game and Fish’s bear protocol
at their home to relocate the bear and that the couple
even offered to help. Shockey stated that he didn’t give
Bruscino the “the whole story” of the bear’s history in the
area because “he didn’t ask for it. In my opinion, he was
not interested in the details.”
Bruscino described his investigation: He spent several
hours investigating damage to buildings and backtracking
the bear in the snow.
“It didn’t walk past a single house without going up on
the porch, front steps, back steps or deck,” he said.
He interviewed a number of residents who seemed “pretty concerned about the bear’s behavior.” Once the bear was
sedated in the office, he conducted a physical and measured
its feet against the tracks he’d studied in his investigation.
“They matched perfectly,” he said.
Before a bear is euthanized, “We usually discuss it
amongst several of us,” Bruscino said. “I’m the program
supervisor and [my employees] have got to kind of talk to
me about it before they make it a decision. In this case, I discussed it with my supervisor prior to making the decision.”
About seven hours after it was trapped, the bear was
euthanized with a lethal injection under anesthesia,
“which is a humane method based on guidelines from the
humane society,” Bruscino said.
Bruscino said that a resident of the subdivision came by
to thank the department the next day, as the individual
was concerned for their family’s safety, and that there
have been more additional calls from the subdivision
since its removal. Bruscino reiterated that he was “very,
very comfortable” with the decision.
At his home, Shockey asked Bruscino if the decision to
euthanize a bear is guided by any kind of policy or procedure. Bruscino, Shockey said, told him “no.” Later,
Shockey presented Game and Fish Officials with a 1999
document titled “Statewide protocol for managing aggressive wildlife/human interactions,” which was cited in the
Black Bear Management Policy.
“This is exactly the decision-tree ordering Mark
Bruscino said didn’t exist,” Shockey said. “He even elaborated on why [they] couldn’t have it.”
Bruscino, who helped draft the document, said it is a
guiding document for when “someone is hurt or killed by
a bear or lion or something [like that].” It’s not a guideline for “nuisance” issues or when there’s no human
injury involved, he said, and is not directly applicable to
the situation at Pacific Creek.
He elaborated that a “cookbook approach” to bear management “just wouldn’t work. The other states that have that end
up with what’s more or less a ‘strike policy’ – like a two-strike
or three-strike policy – they don’t have the latitude to consider all those variables, and I think that really limits the manager’s ability to say ‘this bear hasn’t really done all that much.’”
Bruscino said that imposing that kind of policy might
increase the number of bear euthanizations in Wyoming
as policies like these “generally err on the side of conservatism” and “are written for the worst-case scenario.”
Gocke said the same thing. “It’s hard to have a cookbook type of protocol. You look at all the factors in the
situation. How many food rewards has the bear gotten? Is
it still afraid of people? Has it caused property damage?
You have to use professional judgment in the end in a lot
of these cases.”
Gocke said “you’d be hard-pressed” to find someone
with Bruscino’s judgment and experience. “The question
you really have to ask yourself is: If we relocate this animal, what are its chances of living out its life as a wild
bear? [Bruscino] has a pretty good feel for when a bear
will be able to do that. I trust his judgment on something
like this.”
Gocke believed that the principles in the 1999 document were applicable – to a point. “It guides our actions
in a general sense,” he said, “to the point that a document
can direct actions. But, again, every incident is different.
Ultimately to some degree you’re going to have to employ
the judgment of your professional people.”
Hole Conservation Alliance, which recently put out a letter fundamentally endorsing the notion of local affordable
housing, was in accordance with Adams’ sentiments.
“I wish we could just lose that phrase,” he said, adding
that he felt the costs of this particular project were fiscally too high and damaging to character. “Please, let’s everybody speak up,” he exhorted the room. “Let’s forget
NIMBYism. It’s our community.”
At one point during the question and comment period,
during which about 20 people raised his or her hand, one
man asked Grubb how far he would scale down the project.
The executive director, who himself is building a home on a
deed-controlled affordable lot responded, perhaps only halfjokingly, “A lot of my bosses are in the room.” He later said
he would cluster the 50 homes on the property, in accordance with smart planning principals.
But that remark hints that the organization has yet to
determine whether it will give any ground to density bonusseeking affordable housing projects, or if it will staunchly
hold the ground of property rights and nothing more.
“I don’t know what the Save Historic Jackson Hole position
will be,” Grubb said in answer to the gentleman’s question.
A Pacific Creek man is demanding that the Wyoming
Game & Fish Department justify with policy and procedure its fatal removal of a black bear from his neighborhood last week.
According to a Game & Fish press release dated Oct. 24,
a young male black bear had been trapped after it had “broken into and damaged a number of outbuildings and gotten
into both bird and livestock feed.” The bear, the release said,
had a history of frequenting homes in the area, including
visiting porches, testing windows and tearing the panels off
the garage door of an occupied home on two occasions.
“History clearly shows that a bear such as this would
only continue with the same behavior if relocated,” Mark
Bruscino, the regional manager and the one who handled
the call, stated in the press release.
Bruscino explained over the phone that the call to
Game & Fish came after the bear tore holes in the doors
of a family’s attached garage while they were home two
nights in a row. The second night, it climbed under a car
blocking the doors to get to them.
On Oct. 23, Bruscino trapped the bear and euthanized
it later that night with a lethal injection.
But Gary Shockey, a resident of the subdivision near
Moran, said the bear did not pose “an imminent threat”
to humans. While it had broken into his garage twice, it
never charged a person or showed aggression, he said.
“This bear ran from humans,” Shockey said. “I tried to
pepper spray him and I couldn’t get close enough.”
He believes that there should be a mandatory review
process for “kill decisions.”
“We have a difference in opinion about whether this
bear posed a threat,” said Mark Gocke, Wyoming Game &
Fish’s Public Information Specialist. “It was [the department’s] professional judgment that the type of behavior it
was exhibiting did not make it a candidate for relocation.”
Shockey was concerned that the wrong bear might be
caught and that the bear was doomed for euthanization
the moment the trap was set because, he said, Bruscino
indicated to him that there was nowhere to hold it while
an investigation was conducted.
Bruscino said, however, that he told Shockey the bear
“couldn’t be held long-term, but of course we can keep a bear
overnight or long enough to get all the information in hand.”
Shockey said he and his wife “pleaded” with Bruscino
GARY SHOCKEY
by Grace Hammond
The black bear made regular appearances at the
Pacific Creek subdivision.
from TETON MEADOWS page 21
“I hope we can debate this in a rational way in the valley, because I know that as soon as I write my letter I’ll be
attacked,” he said. “And that’s OK.”
At least one of the five or so official SHJH members,
Justin Adams, was in attendance at Thursday’s meeting. He said, “People should point out the density at
Osprey Creek” – a West Bank development seeking a
density bonus for its offer of 50 percent traditional
affordable –“is inappropriate and you somewhat dispel
the NIMBY myth.”
Franz Camenzind, executive director of the Jackson
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BUSINESSPAGE
Sam Petri
When Broadway Toys and Togs closed last spring –
after the owners Jean and Andy Schwartz found the Town
Square business to be “no longer viable” – it left a void.
Main Event, an independent book and video rental shop
in the Powderhorn Mall, took note of the closure and
leapt at the chance fill the gap by building its own toy collection over the past summer.
Main Event Manager Jacey Roche said the store has
expanded its toy collection by 75 to 100 percent, making
it Jackson’s largest independent toy store.
“We don’t have Mattell,” said Roche. “We have a lot more
unique toys because we deal with smaller companies.”
Roche said one of the top selling brands of toys in
Main Event is Melissa and Doug, a company that makes
wholesome wooden toys for children. Main Event also
has new takes on classics like Play-Doh, offering Play
Foam and Moon Sand as new alternatives. And then
there are Sea Monkeys and Mr. Potato Head, too.
Main Event also sells educational children’s toys by
brands like Klutz, a company founded by three Stanford
graduates who make how-to books designed for kids to
create fun on their own. In the same section, microscopes
and other science-related toys are found.
MARY GROSSMAN
Main Event completes toy expansion for holidays
Jacey Roche led the huge expansion of the toy
department at Main Event.
Other hot toys, according to Roche, are the Breyer collectable horses that girls obsess over, as well as Webkinz, which are
essentially a Beanie Baby-style stuffed animal its young owner
can register online and then take care of via the internet.
Of course, Main Event carries widely known commercial name brands too and tries to incorporate the brand
throughout the store. For example, it carries both Dora
the Explorer books as well as Dora accessories and toys.
One of their most expensive items – and perhaps the least educational or wholesome – is also one of the coolest toys on the market today. For $135, you can buy two Air Hog Havoc Heli Laser
Battle remote control helicopters complete with laser-tag guns. To
play, you and a friend dog fight the helicopters, trying to shoot
each other out of the sky with the lasers. When one Havoc Heli
shoots and hits the other, the engine dies on the one that’s hit and
it falls out of the sky. This toy has been predicted to be one of the
most desired holiday items this year by several internet sites and
has been commended as one of the best RC toys made to date.
In the coming week, Main Event will give customers a
good excuse to stop in and check out the expanded toy
selection as Nov. 7-11 it will offer everything in the store
– including toys, books, even video rental punch cards –
at 20 percent off. Contact Main Event at 733-7112.
If you can’t find what you’re looking for at Main Event,
Hero’s Comics (26 W. Broadway, 733-8858) also has a
selection of toys, and Mountunes (265 W. Broadway, 7334514) just recently started carrying used video games for
Playstation 2, 3, Xbox and Xbox 360. They should carry
used Nintendo Wii games soon.
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PNUMA TRIO
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GALAXY
Arts, Events and Entertainment
Off Square brings flare to classic ‘Romeo & Juliet’
By Grace Hammond
Shakespeare play features dozens of
performers, as well as swearing, fighting, dancing and killing.
In the character-driven black box
series, the actors carried the weight of
the plays on their shoulders, said Jamie
DEREK DILUZIO
could have cut. Productions of
“Romeo and Juliet” have historically
involved an element of cherry-picking
Watching “Romeo and Juliet” is like
– adding and subtracting to make the
catching a flick about the Hindenburg
play easier, more interesting or more
or the Titanic. You know the characters
modern. One director axes the sword
are doomed, yet you sit through it, your
fights; another inserts
heart accelerating as a
Leonardo DiCaprio to cry
series of tiny mistakes
a lot and carry on.
coalesces into one big, fat
In Off Square Theatre
tragedy. It’s a terrible
Company’s production,
thing to witness – which
the swords are real. The
may be why audiences
company
brought
in
keep coming back.
Sword Fight Director
“Shakespeare, to me,
Michael Jerome Johnson
has always been a very
from Washington, D.C., to
live playwright,” said John
coach the actors with
Briggs, director of the Off
intensive workshops on
Square
Theatre
rapier
and
dagger.
Company’s new producJohnson holds the rank
tion. “His themes certainly
of Senior Instructor with
haven’t grown stale.”
Dueling
Ar ts
Briggs and Off Square,
International as well as
the resident theater comFight
Director
and
pany at the Center for
Cer tified Teacher with
the Arts, are set to reveal
Duel! Jackson Hole’s Jamie Reilly and Chicago’s Kevin
Asselin come to blows during rehearsal for “Romeo & Juliet.”
the Society of American
with a flourish an over-theFight Directors. His work
top, grandiose and classically staged production this week, with Reilly, who appeared in “The God was recently seen in the world premiere
the first show at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Committee” in September and has now of “BURN” at the New York International
been cast as Tybalt in “Romeo and Fringe Festival.
the Center Theater, 250 S. Cache St.
The fights encourage an “awareness
This kind of flamboyant and elaborate Juliet.” In the Shakespeare production,
production is the antithesis of the Off “We’re going to be fed a lot more by the of space,” Riley noted. The stage simSquare’s recent triad of black box atmosphere of the set and the stage,” ply cannot be ignored – it is a living,
plays. Whereas you could count the he said. “The acting is competing with a breathing part of the actor’s experinumber of actors in the black box plays lot more – props, costumes, the set – ence.
The cast has different levels of affiliaon one hand – heck, for “Stones in his and the challenge here is to not lose
tion with Jackson Hole. Some of the
Pockets” you’d only need the fingers it the relationships on stage.”
There are plenty of corners Briggs
takes to make a peace sign – the
see ROMEO & JULIET page 24
Your week
starts here
WEDNESDAY31
Booo! Happy Halloween!
Music
■ The 2007 Halloween Haunt at 43 North, at the south
end of Cache Street, features Global Review and friends
jamming funky jazz, rock and New Orleans-styles
grooves starting at 10 p.m. Costume contest winner
takes home $200 cash. $10 at the door. 733-0043.
■ Cutty’s, across the Y intersection from Albertsons,
hosts a Halloween Party with the Cave Dwellers, featuring the Miller Sisters, at 10 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the
door. Raffle prizes. 732-0001.
■ Hoback Halloween Party and Pig Roast at Camp Creek.
Join in to drink and dance with demons and damsels.
Pig Roast begins at 5 p.m. and DJ Sugar Reed plays all
night long. 732-2222.
■ The Knotty Pine in Victor, Idaho, hosts local experimental acid-punksters Liver Slipper, DJ M-A-M and DJ
Disco Kitty Ninja for a Halloween freak-out starting at
10 p.m. $5 at the door. (208) 787-2866.
■ The Silver Dollar Bar in the Wort Hotel features One
Ton Pig, playing rock, Americana, and psychobilly, at
its Halloween Party 7:30-11 p.m. Costume contest
winner wins dinner for two at the Silver Dollar Grill.
No cover. Located a half block off the Town Square
on West Broadway. 733-2190.
■ The Snake River Brew Pub’s Hip-Hop Halloween Party
starts at 9 p.m., when Front St. Productions transforms the South Millward Street pub into a dance
club. $20 tickets go on sale at 11:30 a.m. on
Wednesday at the Brew Pub. You must purchase
tickets in person. 739-BEER.
■ The Stagecoach Bar in downtown Wilson, Wyo.,
hosts a roots-reggae-themed Halloween Party with
the Chanman Roots Band starting at 10 p.m. Costumes
encouraged. $10 at the door. 733-4407.
■ The Virginian rises again with a second Halloween
Party featuring Karaoke and a DJ at 9 p.m. at 750 W.
Broadway. No cover. 739-9891.
Art
■ Life Drawing Open Studio takes place 6:30-9:30 p.m.
every Wednesday in the Borshell Drawing Studio at the
Center for the Arts, 265 S. Glenwood St. $15 drop-in.
Art Association membership required. 733-6379.
■ The exhibit “The Birth of Coffee” hangs through
Dec. 12 in the exhibit gallery at the Teton County
Library. From bean to brew, this photography exhibit
(and book) follows coffee from seed through cultivation, harvest, processing and shipping. 733-2164.
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from ROMEO & JULIET page 23
players are newbies, in the area for
the first time. Others are downhome, true-blue local favorites.
Kevin
Asselin,
formerly
of
Chicago’s Shakespeare Theatre,
plays Mercutio.
“He brings his talent with working
with Shakespeare and is a certified
stage combatant,” Briggs said.
“There are three major stage fights.
We needed people who could make
[them] look really spectacular.”
“Romeo and Juliet” will be Kelly
Buoma’s first show with Off Square.
She takes the role of Juliet and has
been performing in Chicago for the
past two years. Andy Liegl looks the
part of Romeo – those eyes, I tell you
– and spent the summer acting in
California. He is certified in rapier,
dagger, quarterstaff and broadsword.
It may seem like Off Square can’t
make up its
mind
about
what kind of
company
it
wants to be, but
John
Briggs
said,
“We’re
doing [a classic
play] because it
fulfills part of
our mission to
make sure our
community has the opportunity to
see all kinds of theater, including
classical. It’s better for our artists
and it’s better for our audience.
“We’re performing in this new
center and creating scenic elements that are the likes of which
you would only see at a major
regional theater,” Briggs continued. “And that’s our goal: to
become a major regional theater.”
Briggs thinks it has been up to
eight years since a Shakespeare
production has graced a local stage.
“It’s a classic, but Briggs has
added some pomp and vigor to it, as
he’d say,” said Emy DiGrappa at Off
Square. “I just don’t think you’d have
the opportunity to see the caliber of
this cast in this region otherwise.”
Catch the fights, tears and tragedy
at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday nights through Nov. 17 at
the Center Theater, 265 S. Cache St.
There also will be special matinee
showings at 3 p.m. on Sunday and
on Nov. 11, and at 2 p.m. on Nov. 10.
Tickets are on sale now. Prices
vary with performance day. Call the
Center Box Office at 733-4900 or
contact the Off Square Theatre
Company at www.OffSquare.org or
733-3021.
GALAXYCALENDAR
from GALAXY CALENDAR page 23
Dance
■ Dancers’ Workshop fall classes: Pilates Mat Class, all levels, 8:30-9:30 a.m.; Beginning Adult Ballet, 9:30-10:45
a.m.; Beginning Adult Barre 12:15-1:15 p.m.; Power Yoga
12:15-1:15 p.m.; Belly Dance, 6:30-7:45 p.m.; Adult Jazz,
78 p.m. $16 drop-in. 733-6398.
Film
■ Frank’s Film Festival screens “You Kill Me” at 7 p.m.
today and tomorrow. Ben Kingsley plays a perpetually
sloshed hitman for the East Coast mob who gets sent to
a California alcohol treatment facility by his concerned
mafia bosses. Once there, he encounters a host of oddballs including a tart-tongued woman (Téa Leoni) who is
dangerously devoid of boundaries. At Teton Theater on the
Town Square. 733-4939.
■ Frank’s Film Festival screens “Interview,” directed by
Steve Buscemi, at 4:30 p.m. today and tomorrow. A seasoned war reporter (Buscemi) is insulted by his latest
assignment – a puff-piece with a pop diva (Sienna
Miller). A sexually charged drama about modern media,
the elusiveness of truth and the nature of celebrity
capped with a riveting twist at the end. At Teton Theater
on the Town Square. 733-4939.
■ Frank’s Film Festival screens “Molière” at 9:15 p.m.
tonight and tomorrow. “It is Paris in 1644. Moliere is not
yet the great writer that history would come to recognize
as the father and true master of comic satire. He is, in
fact, a penniless actor recently out of jail. How did he go
from such unpromising circumstances to fame and fortune just a few months later?” At Teton Theater on the
Town Square. 733-4939.
Kids & Families
■ Toddler Club convenes 8:30-1 p.m. on the Recreation
Center.
■ Toddler gym tumbles 9:30-noon in the Recreation Center.
■ Youth tennis lessons are offered 9:30-noon on the high
school tennis courts.
■ Kids Club after school program runs 3-6 p.m. each
school day in the Jackson and Colter Elementary Schools.
733-5056.
■ Little League Flag Football from 3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. at
the Snow King ball field.
Sports & Rec
■ Water aerobics make a splash 9-10 a.m. at the
Library for the community to enjoy and celebrate the Day of
the Dead. The altar will be located at the entrance of the
Teton County Library for visitors to see. 733-9242.
■ Cash in at bingo at 7 p.m. each Wednesday at Elks’
Lodge, 270 W. Broadway. 733-1713.
Halloween
■ Dress up for the Totally Toddler Halloween “Boonanza” 10
a.m.-noon today at the recreation center. Wear your costume and be prepared for a spooktacular time!
Activities include swimming, games, crafts and snacks.
Toddlers are free with a supervising adult at the resident
rate of $3.25 or non-resident rate of $6.25. Pre-register
at the recreation center, 739-9025.
■ The Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce hosts Trick or
Treating on the Square 3-7 p.m. with a costume contest at
4 and participating downtown merchants passing out
goodies. 733-3316.
■ The Second Annual First Baptist Church Harvest Festival
offers a free, fun alternative to Halloween 6:30-8:30 p.m.
at the church on the corner of Kelly and Glenwood. Food,
games, prizes and fun for all ages. The public is welcome. Wear your fun (not scary) costumes. 733-3706.
■ The 4-H Haunted Forest fundraiser gives chills and thrills
7:30 p.m.-midnight at Bar J Chuckwagon on the Village
Road. $10 for adults, $8 for children 12 and under.
Parental discretion advised. 733-3087.
THURSDAY1
Music
■ Larry McKenzie plays country rock starting at 9 p.m.
every Thursday and Friday at the Bull Moose Saloon in
Alpine, Wyo. No Cover. (877) 498-7993.
■ Open Mic Night starts at 10 p.m. every Thursday at the
Knotty Pine in Victor, Idaho. (208) 787-2866.
■ Four4 Productions hosts Disco Night from 9:30 p.m. to
close every Thursday at the Stagecoach Bar in Wilson. No
cover. 733-4407.
■ The Jackson Hole Community Band rehearses 7 p.m.
Thursdays at Center for the Arts. 413-1560.
Art
■ Debauchery and Art go hand in hand 6-9 p.m. tonight.
Do you create art or want to? Indulge yourself and come
join fellow artists for a night of creative thought, conversation and art critique. Free. Meetings are held on the
last Friday of each month at the Center for the Arts, 265 S.
Glenwood. 733.6379.
Recreation Center.
■ Senior Brunch and Fitness from 9-11 a.m. at the
Recreation Center. Free water aerobics class followed by
brunch. Pre-registration not required. 739-9025.
■ Cardio/Sculpting classes are offered 12:10-1 p.m. each
Wednesday in the Recreation Center.
■ Contract Bridge melds and marries 1-3 p.m. each
Wednesday in the Recreation Center.
■ Aqualogix fitness class works out from 5:30-6:30 at the
Recreation Center.
■ Co-ed volleyball spikes from 6-10 p.m. on the new synthetic fields at Jackson Hole Middle School gym.
■ Open gym adult basketball dribbles and dunks 7-9 p.m.
in Recreation Center.
Crucible” at 7:30 p.m. tonight, tomorrow and Saturday in
the JHHS auditorium. Tickets are $8 students and seniors,
$10 adults, available at the door. 732-3763.
■ Off Square Theatre Company opens “Romeo & Juliet” at 7
p.m. tonight. The classical theater performance, replete
with sword-fighting, continues on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday nights through Nov. 17 at the Center for the Arts,
250 S. Cache, with matinees at 3 p.m. on Sunday and
Nov. 11, and at 2 p.m. on Nov 10. Prices vary with performance day. Visit www.OffSquare.org or call 7334900 or 733-3021.
Mind, Body, Spirit
■ Teton County Public Health offers flu shots 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Dance
■ Dancers’ Workshop fall classes: Power Yoga, 6:15-7:30
today at Hoback Fire Station 3. 733-6401.
Community
■ Habitat for Humanity welcomes volunteers Wednesday,
Thursday and Saturday. Join them today for pumpkin
soup and a prize for the best carpenter costume! No
experience needed. 734-0828
■ Families and staff of La Puerta Abierta, the Latino Family
Literacy Program, will install an altar at the Teton County
Theater
■ Jackson Hole High School presents Arthur Miller’s “The
p.m.; Beginning Adult Tap, 7:15-8:15 p.m.; Adult Hip-Hop
6:15-7:30 p.m.. $16 drop-in. 733-6398.
■ Dancers’ Workshop also hosts Mommy & Me classes
10:30-11 a.m. ($85 for eight weeks) and Boys’ Class
4:15-5:15 p.m. ($110 for eight weeks). 733-6398.
Kids & Families
■ The Teton County Library hosts Toddler Time for children 3
and under 10:05-10:25 a.m. each Thursday. Also offered
twice on Tuesdays. Free. 733-2164 ext. 103.
■ The Rec Center inflates its 50-foot aqua fun run 1:30-4:30 p.m.
every Thursday in the Rec Center pool. Participants must be
able to swim one length of the pool to play, 739-9025.
■ Kids Club after school program runs 3-6 p.m. each school
day in the Jackson and Colter Elementary Schools. 733-5056.
■ Little League Flag Football touches down from 3:45-4:45
p.m. at the Snow King ball field.
Sports & Recreation
■ Start the day with wake-up water aerobics 6:05-7:05
a.m. in the Recreation Center.
■ Open up to yoga 9-10:15 a.m. at the Recreation Center.
■ Aqualogix fitness class splashes from 9-10 a.m. at the
Recreation Center.
■ Men’s Flag Football league is from 6-10 p.m. at the
North Field.
Community
■ Habitat for Humanity is building homes all winter, all
weather, and welcomes volunteers 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. No experience
required, training provided. 734-0828.
■ Citizen rally against the Iraq war, 6:30-7 p.m. on Town
Square every Thursday. Join forces with other citizens to
protest the war and help bring troops home. Email
[email protected].
■ It’s “Fine Free Month” at the Teton County Library all
throughout the month of November! Just bring your overdue library materials, along with a book donation for the
Friends of the Library, and the library will waive the late
fee. (No outdated materials, old computer books, textbooks, encyclopedias or magazines as donations,
please.) 733-2164.
■ Tickets to the Teton County Library’s “Open the Season,
Open a Book” party – a festive evening of exceptional
food, libations and live music by The Miller Sisters, set for
7 p.m. on Nov. 30 – are available starting today at the
library front desk. $65 per ticket, offered on first-come,
first-serves. Also today, free tickets for the Nov. 29 event
with Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon are available,
one per library card and also first-come, first-served.
733-2164.
Outlying
■ The Teton Arts Council offers African dance and drumming
for adults and children each Thursday. (208) 354-4278 or
[email protected].
FRIDAY2
Music
■ Larry McKenzie plays country rock starting at 9 p.m.
every Friday at the Bull Moose Saloon in Alpine, Wyo. No
cover. (877) 498-7993.
■ Four4 Productions’ Vert-One and Mike Thunder spin tunes
10:30 p.m.-2 a.m. at Eleanor’s Cuvee, behind Plaza
Liquors off West Broadway. No cover. 733-7901.
■ The Granary at Spring Creek Ranch atop East
GrosVentre Butte hosts Jazz Night 7-10 p.m. with
pianist Pam Drews Phillips, bassist Mike Rossi, and Ed
Domer on drums. 733-8833.
■ Experimental electronica bands Signal Path and the
Pnuma Trio trade sets for a party against Teton County,
Idaho’s, upcoming recall vote at 10 p.m. at the Knotty Pine in
Victor, Idaho. Doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 for the
music, or $15 for a ticket, a drink, and membership to
the nonprofit Tetons for Tomorrow. Visit
www.TetonsForTomorrow.org or call (208) 787-2866 for
more information.
■ Get down to dance, breakbeats, house and drum ’n’ bass
beats 8 p.m.-2 a.m. every Friday at the Underground under
the Mainstage Theater, 50 W. Broadway. $5, All ages wel-
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come. 733-3670.
■ Midnight Cowboys play country and classic rock at 9
p.m. at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, on the west side of
the Town Square. 733-2207.
■ Orville’s Christian Coffeehouse hosts an evening of
Christian music, poetry and stories about God 8-10 p.m.
every Friday at 285 W. Pearl St. Show up and make joyful noise. 733-3165.
■ Slide Path plays bluegrass 7:30-11 p.m. at the Silver
Dollar Bar in the Wort Hotel, a half a block off the Town
Square on West Broadway. No cover. 733-2190.
■ Revolver plays classic rock at 9 p.m. at the Virginian
Saloon, 750 W. Broadway. No cover. 739-9891.
Art
■ Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary, at 130 S. Jackson
St., observed El Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead)
5:30-7:30 p.m. As part of its on-going “First Fridays”
series, the gallery will be transformed with a display of
altars created by local artists and students. 734-0649.
■ The Art Association’s annual “Out of the Woods” silent
auction runs 6-8 p.m. in the ArtSpace Gallery at Center for
the Arts, 265 S. Glenwood. Featuring paintings, scult-
prues, furniture, jewelry, home décor and more by more
than 300 local artists and favorite participants from the
summer’s art fairs, as well as wine and snacks.
Porceeds benefit the Art Association. 733-6379.
Film
■ “Return to Schralptown: Keep Winter White Tour” runs
6:30-9 p.m. at the Center for the Arts, 250 S. Cache St.
Attendees get two free DVDs, a magazine and a chance
to win gear. 733-4900.
Dance
■ Dancers’ Workshop’s Fall Classes: Pilates Mat Class, all levels, 8:30-9:30 a.m.; Ballet workout, 9:30-10:30 a.m.; Youth
Ballroom, 4:30-5:30 p.m.; Adult Ballroom 7:30-8:30 p.m.;
Adult African, 7:30-8:45 p.m. $16 drop-in. 733-6398.
■ Dancers’ Workshop’s African Drum Class meets 6-7:15
p.m. tonight and Nov. 16. $16 per class. 733-6398.
Kids & Families
■ Toddler Club convenes 8:30-1 p.m. on the Recreation
Center.
■ Toddler gym tumbles 9:30-noon in the Recreation Center.
■ The Rec Center toddler pool is reserved for Toddler Swim
10 a.m.-11:30 p.m. every Friday. 739-9025.
■ Rec Center leisure pool is open for Toddler Swim 10-11:30
a.m. every Friday. 739-9025.
■ Kids Club after school program runs 3-6 p.m. each school
day in the Jackson and Colter Elementary Schools. 7335056.
■ The Teton County Library hosts a “Day of the Dead” celebration 4-5 p.m. at the Ordway Auditorium for kids 5 and
older. The celebration will feature a puppet show by
Mexican theater director Raul Juarez and an opportunity
to create cards to send to loved ones who have passed
away. Snacks provided. Free. 733-2164.
Sports & Recreation
■ Water aerobics make a splash 9-10 a.m. at the
Recreation Center.
■ Stretch and burn with Yoga-lates 9-10:15 a.m. at the
Recreation Center.
■ Aqualogix fitness class noon-1 p.m. at the Recreation
Center.
■ Core Control Fitness class meets 12:10-1 p.m. in Rec
Center.
Mind, Body & Spirit
■ Teton Sangha Silent Meditation takes place every Friday
6-6:45 p.m. at Zendler Chiropractic, 215 Scott Lane.
Email [email protected].
SATURDAY3
Music
■ Front St. Productions spins tunes 10 p.m. to closing
every Saturday at Eleanor’s Cuvee behind Plaza Liquors
off West Broadway. No cover. 733-7901.
■ Pam Phillips plays piano and sings 6:30-9:30
p.m.
in
The
Granary
at
Spring Creek Ranch atop East Gros Ventre Butte. No
Cover. 733-8833.
■ Midnight Cowboys play country and classic rock at 9
p.m. at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, on the west side of
the Town Square. 733-2207.
■ A “Fall Back in Time” party features swing jazz by the
Jason Fritts Quintet 7:30-11 p.m. at the Silver Dollar Bar in
the Wort Hotel, a half block off the Town Square on West
Broadway. Retro costume contest with first, second and
third place prizes. No cover. 733-2190.
■ Revolver plays classic rock at 9 p.m. at the Virginian
Saloon, 750 W. Broadway. No cover. 739-9891.
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Art
■ The Art Association presents Kay Stratman for watercolor classes featuring and P’o Mo (splash ink) techniques 10
a.m.-2 p.m. at the Center for the Arts today and tomorrow.
$150 or $125 for Art Association members. 733-6379.
■ The Art Association showcases ceramist Phil Jenkins in
a one-day workshop, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Jenkins will demonstrate various wheel throwing techniques, handles, lids,
assembling, altering and surface treatments. $50, $35
for Art Association members, $15 audience. 733-6379.
Kids & Families
■ The Teton County Library offers “Saturday Stories” 10:3011 a.m. in the Storytime Room. Kids ages 2-5 are invited to join librarians for stories and songs on the first
Saturday of the month through December. Free. 7332164 ext. 103.
■The Alta Branch Library offers “Pumpkins, Yams and
Squash … Oh My!” 10 a.m.-noon, a Storytime Harvest
Festival featuring African harvest dancing and drumming, pumpkin hat creations and treats ranging from
pumpkin-seed brittle to yam fries. Call to register. Free.
353-2505.
Sports & Recreation
■ Open gym, noon-9 p.m. in the Rec Center. 739-9025.
Community
■ Habitat for Humanity welcomes volunteers 9 a.m.-4:30
SUNDAY
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the Crawford Theater at the Emerson Center in Bozeman,
Mont. Tickets are $30 in advance and on sale now at
Cactus, Borders and online at www.TicketWeb.com.
■ “An Evening with Groucho,” starring Frank Ferrante,
starts at 8 p.m. at the Idaho Falls Civic Auditorium. $25.
Call (208) 522-0471.
SUNDAY4
MONDAY5
Music
■ The Jackson Hole Chorale rehearsals for its 2007
Christmas Concert at 7 p.m. on Monday nights at the
Center for the Arts. New members are always welcome
during the first few months of rehearsals. 734-9048.
Dance
■ Dancers’ Workshop presents this season’s Pilates Mat Class
from 8:30-9:30 a.m. $16 drop-in. 733-6398
Art
■ Fred Kingwill teaches intermediate watercolor 6-9 p.m.
on Monday evenings tonight through Dec. 10.
Sponsored by the Art Association. $200 ($175 for Art
Association members). 733-6379.
Film
■ The Center for the Arts and the Art Association host a
Gift Shop
Open Daily 11am-5pm
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FOR UPCOMING EVENTS
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Music
■ One Ton Pig gets it done with acoustic rock, Americana
and pyschobilly at 7:30-11 p.m. at the Silver Dollar Bar in
the Wort Hotel, a half a block off the Town Square on
West Broadway. No cover. 733-2190.
■ The Jackson Hole Symphony Orchestra rehearses 7-9
p.m. each Tuesday at the Center for the Arts, 250 S.
Cache St. 413-0458.
Art
■ The Art Association hosts Kay Stratman for watercolor
classes featuring Sumi-e (Asian brush) techniques 9 a.m.noon on Tuesday mornings through Nov. 13 at the Center
for the Arts, 240 S. Glenwood. $150, $125 for Art
Association members. 733-6379.
Dance
■ Dancers’ Workshop fall classes: Beginning Adult Modern,
Dance Studio 4 at the Center for the Arts. All levels encouraged to join. $5 drop-in or $15 for four classes. 203-9067.
“Harvest on the Hill” party 1-4 p.m. Enjoy art, children,
food, families, fun, music and more. Free, 733-5771.
PIZZA • CALZONES • PASTA • SALADS
Open Daily for Lunch 11:30am-3:00pm
Dinner 5:00pm-7:00pm Saturday & Sunday
TUESDAY6
Outlying
■ Singer-songwriter Greg Brown performs at 8 p.m. in
the Stagecoach Bar in Wilson. No cover. 733-4407.
Wine Tasting on a Budget
drinking water for bacteria every Monday and Tuesday.
Bottles and instructions can be picked up from 8 a.m.-5
p.m. Monday-Friday. $12. 732-8490.
9:30-10:45 a.m.; Ballet Workout 9:30-10:30 a.m.;
Beginning/Intermediate Adult Modern 6:15-7:30 p.m.; Power
Yoga 6:15-7:30 p.m.; Flamenco 7:30-8:30 p.m. $16 dropin. 733-6388.
Art
■ The National Museum of Wildlife Art hosts its annual
Pizza & Pasta Co.
Community
■ Teton County Environmental Health and Water Lab tests
p.m. every Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. This
week launches its Chilly Challenge: All who volunteer
today will double their chances to win a fantastic prize in
a new monthly sweepstakes. Take part in building an
affordable home for those in need. 734-0828.
www.tetonhabitat.org.
Music
■ The legendary Stagecoach Band performs 6-10 p.m. at
DORNAN’S
■ Teton County Public Health conducts free and confidential HIV
testing Monday through Friday at Teton County Public Health,
460 E. Pearl. For an appointment, phone 733-6401.
screening of “Protest” and “Paradox,” the first two installments of the PBS series about contemporary art in
America, “ART:21,” at 7 p.m. at the Center Theater, 250
S. Cache St. Series continues with “Romance” and
“Ecology” on Nov. 12. Free. 733-6379.
Mind, Body, Spirit
Theater
■ Actors’ Workshop meets 8-10 p.m. each Tuesday in
Literature
■ Senior Book Club meets 11-noon at the Senior Center,
830 E. Hansen, to discuss “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy.
New members welcome; books provided by Friends of
the Teton County Library. Free. 733-2164.
Kids & Families
■ Toddler Club convenes 8:30 a.m.-noon in the Rec Center.
■ The Teton County Library hosts Toddler Time for children 3 and
under 10:05-10:25 a.m. and 10:35-10:55 a.m. each Tuesday.
Also offered on Thursdays. Free. 733-2164 ext. 103.
■ The Rec Center inflates its 50-foot aqua fun run 1:30-4:30
p.m. every Tuesday in the Rec Center pool. Participants must
be able to swim one length of the pool to play, 739-9025.
■ Kids gather for Parks & Rec’s Kid’s Club 3-6 p.m. in the
Jackson and Colter schools. 733-5056.
Sports & Recreation
■ Teton Swim Training takes place 11-noon in the Rec Center.
■ Lunch Hour Basketball runs noon-2 p.m. in the Rec Center.
■ Get spinning with a Spin Class 12:10-1 p.m. in the
Rec Center.
■ Co-ed Slowpitch Softball League plays 6-10 p.m. on the
Cow Pasture 1 and 2 fields.
■ Open gym volleyball 7-9 p.m. in the Recreation Center gym.
■ Ski Fitness Class whips you into shape 5:30-6:45 p.m.
in the recreation center gym through Dec. 8.
■ Ski Fitness and Stretch Yoga all winter, 5:30-7 p.m. at
the Teton Yoga Shala. $15 drop-in. 690-4201.
Community
■ Teton Free Clinic is open 5:30-7:45 p.m. each Tuesday
in Dr. Sugden’s office in St. John’s complex. New patients
must provide photo ID, copy of rent or utility bill and copy
of last pay stub to be eligible. Must live or work in Teton
County, be uninsured and meet income requirements.
739-7492.
■ Today is the last collection days before the Household
Hazardous Waste Facility closes until spring. Call 733SORT now to make an appointment.
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UPCOMINGEVENTS
Music
■ The Grand Teton Music Festival sponsors StringFest 2007
Nov. 13-15. GTMF veteran Barbara Scowcroft teaches
string students at Jackson Hole and Star Valley middle
schools, then leads the students in a public performance
at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 15 in Walk Festival Hall. Free. 7331128 or www.gtmf.org.
Art
■ The Art Association hosts Lauren Mantecon for the
workshop “Mixed Media: Engaging Your Creative Potential”
9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily Nov. 8-11. $375 or $350 for Art
Association members. 733-6379.
■ The pARTners conference “Connecting with Digital Natives:
The Arts & Technology” runs Nov. 16-17, including a Friday
evening performance, “The Natives are Restless,” by
actress Deneen Frazier Bowen and Saturday workshops
on Digital Poetry, Flash Animation, Podcasting and
Claymation. $40 or free for teachers and pARTners
artists. 733-2565.
Dance
■ Dancers’ Workshop offers a little “Taste of Tango” 6:30
p.m. on Nov. 9 and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4-6 p.m. on Nov.
10 at the Center for the Arts, 265 S. Glenwood. $95. 7336398.
Film
■ The National Museum of Wildlife Art’s Sunday Film Series
screens “Strange Days on Planet Earth: Troubled Waters” a 2
p.m. on Nov. 11. Free for museum members or with
admission. Series continue on Nov. 18. 733-5771.
Classes, Lectures, Workshops
■ The Teton County Library’s Lunch ’n’ Learn series presents “MySpace for Parents” noon-2 p.m. on Nov. 7 in the
Ordway Auditorium. For age 14 or older, learn about the
positives aspects and perils of MySpace, the most popular social networking site on the Web. This lunchtime
course covers hands-on safety tips while helping you set
up your own MySpace profile. Sign-up required. Light
lunch provided. 733-2164.
■ The Teton County Library offers an E-commerce class,
“Online Safety to eBay,” 6-8 p.m. on Nov. 7 in the Ordway
Auditorium. Want to be a savvy and safe online shopper
this holiday season? Learn safety tips, comparison eshopping strategies, and how to use auction sites like eBay in this hands-on class. Registration required, free.
Call 733-2164 and press
prompt #2.
■ “¡Ask a Mexican!”
columnist Gustavo Arellano
speaks 7:30-8:30 p.m. on
Nov 8 at the Teton County
Library. Hear from the
politically
incorrect
author and nationally
syndicated columnist,
published by the alternative newspaper OC
Weekly in Orange
County, Calif. This
Gustavo Arellano
provocative, popular column also appears weekly in the Planet Jackson Hole,
which cosponsors Arellano’s visit with the library. Free.
733-2164.
■ St. John’s Health Institute hosts a “Lite Lunch” noon-1
p.m. on Nov. 13 in the Moose-Wapiti Classrooms at St.
John’s Medical Center. Bill King, athlete and diabetes advocate, presents “Exercise and Diabetes.” Purchase lunch
at the hospital or bring your own. 739-7626.
Community
■ Parks & Rec board meeting starts at 5 p.m. on Nov. 8
at the Recreation Center. 739-9025.
■ Support a good cause and fill your belly, too, at The
Learning Center’s annual Wild Game Dinner fundraiser at 6
p.m. on Nov. 10 at Snow King Resort. 733-1616.
■ KMTN’s Sale-a-Thon features 33 retail booths noon-8
p.m. on Nov 16 and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Nov 17 at The
Virginian Lodge Convention Center, 750 W. Broadway.
733-4500.
■ Tickets are on sale for the 67th annual Fireman’s Ball,
starting at 7 p.m. on Nov. 17 at Snow King Center. Drinks,
dinner, dancing to live music, silent and live auctions and
a great grand prize raffle. 413-2849.
Outlying
■ The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho presents “Beaux
Cadeaux” 10 a.m.-8 p.m. on Nov. 8 and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on
Nov. 9-10 at the museum on 300 S. Capital Ave. in Idaho
Falls. The three-day shopping extravaganza will feature
unique new merchandise in the Studio Store and exquisite gifts from talented artisans. Work includes woodturnings, textiles, pottery, body products, candy, jewelry,
baskets, gourmet foods and much more. Lunch is served
at the Studio Gallery on Friday. (208) 524-7777.
■ Missed the ski swap last week? Your second
chance will be at the 19th Annual Tugboat Memorial Ski
Swap 4-8 p.m. on Nov. 9 and 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on Nov. 10
at the Community Center in downtown Driggs, Idaho.
Admission is $5 on Friday, $2 on Saturday. Family
rates available. (208) 201-3094.
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FUEL
CLOTHING
SHELTER
PAPER
Everything in your house
except for the glass and steel.
Ongoing
■ Apply for a scholarship to pursue your college degree
here in Jackson through Nov. 15. Central Wyoming
College, Jackson Campus, is offering scholarships to students pursuing associate degrees in nursing, culinary
arts, visual arts, business administration, early childhood education, elementary and secondary education
and general studies. Applications available in the
CWC office, Center for the Arts, or call 733-7425.
■ The Parks and Recreation Department is seeking
speakers and presenters for its 2008 Armchair
Adventure Series, which begins January 2008. 7335056.
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Dinner ~ Nightly at 5:30pm
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(In the bar)
On the
Town Square
733-3279
WYOMING’S
FINEST
SMOKE
HOUSE
Stop by one of America’s most award
winning micro-breweries and get the
freshest beer in the valley, right from
the source. Don’t forget to check out some
of our tasty new menu items.
NIGHTLY SPECIALS:
Lucas Gilman
Photography
Tuesday: Taco Nite
Wednesday: Spaghetti Nite
Thursday: Full Rack of Ribs at 1/2 Rack Price
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American
PETE’S GRAND BAR AND GRILL Come for
the Food and Brew, stay for the view.
Featuring fresh and tasty Grand American
Cuisine, including our Grand Steaks, handmade House Burgers, Grilled Chicken, Grand
Salmon and Trout, fresh veggies, sweet potato fries, Grand Chicken Fingers, Salads,
Desserts, and other Grand Goodies. Relax on
our DECK overlooking the Valley and the
Mountains. Lunch and Dinner Daily. 3 miles
south of town on Hwy 89., 733-4398.
Asian & Sushi
BON APPE THAI Lunch served from 11
a.m.-2:30 p.m. Dinner starting at 5 p.m.
Closed for lunch on Sundays. Take-Out and
Delivery Available. Walk-ins welcome.
Reservations recommended. Across from the
old post office. 245 Pearl, 734-0245.
KOSHU WINE BAR Koshu serves an everchanging menu of contemporary pan-Asian
cuisine, delicious cocktails and a variety of
wines by the glass. The Jackson Hole Wine
Company is just outside our door with hundreds of great wines from which to choose.
Open nightly at 6 p.m. 733-5283.
SHOGUN SUSHI Serving lunch and dinner 7
days a week. Mon - Fri 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. or
later. Sat - Sun 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. or later. Take
out or Delivery. 265 W. Broadway, 733-9168.
NIKAI Jackson Hole’s favorite sushi bar
offers the finest delicacies from both land and
sea. Featuring innovative sushi & sashimi as
well as a creative asian inspired grill menu.
Full service bar specializes in tropical cocktails & offers unique fine sake & wine lists.
225 N. Cache. Reservations recommended,
734-6490.
Dinner starting at 5:30pm • Dark on Mondays
Located at Hoback Junction • 733-0810
~Smokefree Environment~
THAI ME UP Authentic Thai dishes including
coconut chicken lemongrass soup, drunken
noodle and coconut milk curries. Full bar and
children’s menu. 75 E. Pearl, parking behind
restaurant. Serving Lunch, Mon. - Fri. 11:30
a.m. - 2:30 p.m.; Dinner, 5:30 p.m. - close,
Mon. - Sat. Closed Sundays. Take-out
available, 733-0005.
Continental
43 NORTH Serving dinner seven nights a
week at the base of Snow King. Happy hour
specials begin at 5 p.m. Cozy pub atmosphere and great selection of whiskies. Live
music four nights a week. 645 S. Cache, 7330043.
BURKE’S Sample our superior steaks, chops,
and innovative fish, game and fowl dishes in
this historic renovated building. Reservations
recommended; smoke-free atmosphere.
Open nightly from 6 - 10 p.m. 72 S.
Glenwood, 733-8575.
THE BLUE LION A Jackson Hole favorite.
Offering the finest in creative cuisine. Join us
in the charming atmosphere of a refurbished
older home. Ask a local about our rack of
lamb. Also serving fresh fish, elk, poultry,
steaks and vegetarian entreés. Open nightly
at 6:00 p.m. Join us for our off-season special: 20% off your entire bill all night with
coupon (see page 32) Reservations recommended. 160 N. Millward, 733-3912.
DORNAN’S PIZZA & PASTA CO. Gourmet
pizzas, homemade soups, pasta, sandwiches
and salads. Enjoy a relaxing lunch while sitting
along the Snake River enjoying the fabulous
$7 LUNCH • HAPPY HOUR 4-6pm
Open 7 days a week
11:30am until midnight. Families welcome.
265 S. Millward
739-2337
Home of the
“BIG PIG MARG”
32oz of pleasure
Try our Thai Lunch Express
from 11:00am - 2:30pm
Since 1969
• Authentic Mexican dishes made from scratch
• Hot chips made fresh all day long
• Choose from 10 homemade salsas & sauces
• Voted “BEST SALSA” Splash Magazine
(307) 733-2966
North of the Town Square
in Downtown Jackson
SEE
Food News
Page 31
Authentic THAI Dinner Daily
Doors Open at 5:00pm
Take-Out Available
Reservations Recommended
Walk-ins Welcome
245 W. Pearl Ave.
(across from the old Post Office)
734-0245
Open M-F 3pm, SAT 1pm
& SUN 11am
Friday Ladies Night
$1.00 Vodka Drinks
New Game Room
4 - Nine Foot Pool Tables
Plus Foosball
& Darts
Selected Food Service
Full Kitchen Open Soon
Saturday’s College Football
Drink Specials
Sunday’s Pro Football
$5 Domestic Pitchers and
Bloody Mary Specials
At Pub Place Centre on Hwy 89
4 miles south of Jackson
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DININGGUIDE
Long lines are gone and the
385 W. Broadway, Jackson
Authentic Mexican Cuisine
(307) 733-1207
SOUP’S ON!
TRY our Soup & 1/2 Sandwich Special
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 11am to 10pm
Serving up the finest
imported and domestic meats and cheeses
this side of the Continental Divide!
LUNCHEON COMBINATION
Monday-Friday 11am-3pm
307-734-9420 • (F) 307-734-9430 • BackcountryProvisions.com
FULL BAR
HOME OF THE ORIGINAL
JUMBO MARGARITA
50 WEST DELONEY • TOWN SQUARE • JACKSON
Open nightly at 5:30 p.m.
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LARGE SELECTION OF
MEXICAN BEERS
DINNER SPECIALS
Abuelito’s Special
Jumbo prawns cooked with mushrooms,
sautéed in a tasty sour cream sauce
Sopa Sieta Mares
Delicious soup made with fresh fish, shrimp,
octopus, crab legs, clams and scallops
307.739.0700
-Reservations-
McDonald’s® October “LOCALS SPECIAL”
Featuring 10 pieces of tender, all white meat
Chicken McNuggets®with your choice of dipping sauce,
medium fries and medium soft drink.
ONLY
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449
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view of the Tetons. 12 miles north of Jackson in
Grand Teton National Park at Moose, Wyoming,
733-2415.
ommended but walk-ins are always welcome.
Located at 380 S. Hwy 89 / Broadway right
next to Albertson’s, 739-1100.
THE GRANARY Overlooking the magnificent
Teton Range, offers a casual yet elegant
atmosphere. Specialties include elk, Rocky
Mountain trout and fresh seafood flown in
from Hawaii. Award-winning wine list. Nightly
happy hour specials from 4-7 p.m. Jazz Night
is on Fridays from 7-10 p.m. and Pam Drews
Phillips plays on Saturdays from 6:30-9:30
p.m. An unforgettable dining experience
equaled only by the view. Serving Breakfast,
lunch & dinner 7 days a week. Reservations
suggested. Spring Creek Ranch, 732-8112.
ROUTE 89 SMOKEHOUSE DINER Delicious
breakfasts from homemade French Toast to
Chicken Fried Steak or Corned Beef Hash
and Eggs! Our extensive lunch and dinner
menus offer a variety of BBQ and in-house
smoked meats. Juicy burgers and lunch
specials. Locals, don't forget your discount!
Open 7 days a week from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
455 N. Cache, across from the visitors center. Kids’ menu and full bar available, 7332492.
HORSE CREEK STATION Wyoming’s finest
smokehouse BBQ. Nightly specials:
Tuesdays - Taco nite; Wednesdays Spaghetti nite; and Thursdays - full rack of
ribs at half-rack price. Dinner starting at
5:30 p.m.. Closed Monday. Smoke free environment. Located at Hoback Junction. 7330810.
Q ROADHOUSE BARBEQUE From the people that brought you Rendezvous Bistro, “Q”,
on Teton Village Road, serves up a variety of
Roadhouse fare. Menu items include;
Blackened Catfish, Shrimp Jambalaya, a
variety of fresh salads, Turkey Meatloaf,
Organic “Chicken Fried” Chicken, Steaks,
BBQ Ribs, Pulled Pork & Beef Brisket.
Extensive wine list and full bar available.
Open Nightly 5:30pm. Closed Tuesdays. Call
for reservations. 739-0700.
RENDEZVOUS BISTRO The Bistro offers
something for everyone including salads,
sandwiches & daily plate specials. Our Raw
Bar features oysters on the half shell, tuna
tartare and oyster shooters. Appetizers
include mussels, gnocchi, grilled octopus,
steak tartare and more. The entree selection
ranges from traditional bistro Fish & Chips,
Meatloaf, Veal Marsala & Coq au Vin to many
other selections including fresh seasonal
seafood, pasta & steaks. Open Tuesday Saturday at 5:30 p.m. Reservations are rec-
SNAKE RIVER BREWERY & RESTAURANT
America’s most award-winning microbrewery
is serving lunch and dinner. Enjoy the atmosphere while dining on delicious wood-fired
pizzas, pastas, sandwiches, soups, salads
and desserts. Happy Hour from 4-6 with $1
giant soft pretzels, $2.50 pints and $3
nachos. So stop by the Brew Pub to get the
freshest beer in the valley, right from the
source. Free WiFi. Open 11:30 a.m. - midnight. 265 S. Millward. 739-2337.
SNAKE RIVER GRILL We are fast approaching our 14th anniversary! A local’s favorite.
Whether you stop by for a pizza and beer, or
enjoy our celebrated menu of American and
International fare and our huge wine list, you
will be pleased by Jackson’s most beautiful
restaurant and as stated in The Wine
Spectator, the “best!” in town! Open nightly
at 5:30 p.m. On the Town Square, 733-0557.
STIEGLER’S AUSTRIAN RESTAURANT & COPPER BAR Since 1983, host Peter Stiegler has
offered guests classically prepared Austrian
and Continental favorites served in the cozy
ambience of an alpine home. Serving dinner
Wednesday-Sunday, 5-9:30 p.m. At the
Aspens on Teton Village Road, 733-1071.
SWEETWATER RESTAURANT Satisfying
locals for lunch and dinner for nearly 30
years with deliciously affordable comfort
see DINING GUIDE page 30
A Specialty Grocer & Delicatessen
Come in today
for a Hot, Tasty Deal!
Austrian Restaurant & Copper Bar
1110 W. Broadway
Open daily 5:00am to midnight
Free Wi-Fi with purchase
945 W. Broadway • Jackson, WY 83001• (307) 732-CHEF
Since 1983, host Peter Stiegler has offered
guests classically prepared Austrian and
Continental favorites served in the cozy
ambiance of an alpine home.
Serving dinner Wed-Sun, 5:00-9:30pm
At the Aspens on Teton Village Road, 733-1071
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OFF
SEASON
SPECIAL
from DINING GUIDE page 29
food. Award winning wine list. Lunch 11:30
a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Dinner 5:30-9:30 p.m. Corner
of King & Pearl, 733-3553.
TRIO An American Bistro started by three
chefs with innovative flair! Seasonal and
weekly specials. One block off the town
square. Dinner nightly at 5:30 p.m. 45 S.
Glenwood, 734-8038. www.bistrotrio.com.
Coffee House/Internet Cafe
HARD DRIVE CAFE Internet Access: our
computers or yours. Organic espressos.
Soup, salad, panini, wraps, philly cheesesteak. Open Mon - Sat 5:45 am - 10 pm, Sun
5:45 am - 2 pm. 1110 Maple Way, across
from the new post office, 733-5282.
www.hardrivecafe.biz.
PEARL STREET BAGELS Open daily 6:30
a.m. - 6 p.m. Two locations to serve you. In
Jackson 145 W. Pearl, 739-1218. In Wilson
on Ida Lane, 739-1261.
Mexican
EL ABUELITO Authentic Mexican Cuisine.
Home of the original Jumbo Margarita.
Featuring a full bar with a large selection of
Mexican beers. Open 7 days a week from 11
a.m. to 10 p.m. 385 W. Broadway, 733-1207.
THE MERRY PIGLETS Voted Best Salsa in
Jackson! Jackson’s oldest and most rockin’
Mexican restaurant. Choose from over 10 salsas and sauces, Tex-Mex plates, including
enchiladas, rellenos, mesquite-grilled fajitas,
salads, wraps and fire-roasted chicken. Huge
margs in 10 flavors. Complimentary chips
and salsa. One block north of the square.
160 N. Cache, 733-2966.
Serving Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
6am to 10pm
AWESOME LUNCH SPECIALS
20% OFF ENTIRE BILL
733-3912
160 N. Millward
PICA’S Fresh and colorful Mexican cuisine
made to order. Great homemade chips and
salsas and dangerous margs. Ask about our
party platters and catering. Visit our Wilson
location at the Stagecoach Bar, 734-4457.
Old Time Family Dining
GOOD ALL NIGHT
Dinner starts at 6:00pm NIGHTLY
Closed Tuesdays until Ski Season
Locals Receive a 10% Discount
733.2492
Please present coupon to server when ordering.
Coupon Expires December 17.
455 N. Cache Across from the Visitors Center on Hwy 89
• Reservations Recommended •
18% gratuity may be added to your bill prior to discount.
DINNER NIGHTLY AT 6:00 PM
Closed on Sunday and Monday
Take-out
BACKCOUNTRY PROVISIONS Jackson’s
newest deli! Serving up the finest imported
and domestic meats and cheeses. 50 W.
Deloney Street, 734-9420.
Q ROADHOUSE BARBEQUE From the people that brought you Rendezvous Bistro, “Q”,
on Teton Village Road, serves up a variety of
Roadhouse fare. Menu items include;
Blackened Catfish, Shrimp Jambalaya, a
variety of fresh salads, Turkey Meatloaf,
Organic “Chicken Fried” Chicken, Steaks,
BBQ Ribs, Pulled Pork & Beef Brisket.
Extensive wine list and full bar available.
Open Nightly 5:30pm. Call for reservations.
739-0700.
TO BE INCLUDED IN
OUR DINING GUIDE IN
PRINT AND ONLINE,
PLEASE CALL THE
PLANET SALES TEAM
AT 732.0299.
733-0557
On the Town Square
in Jackson
SHOGUN
Owned and operated by three local
chefs with a passion for good food. Trio
features a variety of cuisines in a relaxed
atmosphere. We are known for our
wood-oven pizzas and entrees, daily fish
and game specials and a variety of
specialty drinks. Enjoy a cocktail at the
Bar under the barrel-vaulted ceilings in
front of the open kitchen.
S . U . S . H . I
OPEN FOR LUNCH & DINNER
Mon - Sat: 11am-10pm (last seating)
DINE IN
TAKE OUT
Open for Dinner nightly at 5:30pm
Located off the town square at 45 S. Glenwood
733-9168
Available for private events & catering
For reservations 734-8038
265 W. BROADWAY (next to Mountunes)
DON’T FORGET...
LOCALS RECEIVE
Eat it, it’s good!
LUNCH: 11:30am-2:30pm M-F
DINNER: 5:30pm-Close M-S
CLOSED: Sundays
LUNCH AND DINNER
DINE IN • CARRY-OUT • DELIVERY
10% Off
Your Entire Bill
Dine-in dinner only
Must present valid local i.d.
Under New Ownership • Garden Seating - Weather Permitting
Have You Tried The New Thai Me Up?
75 E. Pearl • 307.733.0005
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FOOD NEWS
Ben Cannon
Mursell’s old-fashioned treats hit sweet spot
DEREK DILUZIO
Nearly every day for the past 23
years, Mursell McLaughlin, with the
help of her husband, John, has made
chocolates and other assorted
sweets and sold them from Mursell’s
Pottery and Chocolates.
Prepared from scratch seven days
a week, the chocolates, fudges, toffees, cookies and caramels – which
she cuts from a large sheet pan into
tender, rich and “denture friendly”
squares – beckon from the windows
of the shop, located in Gaslight Alley
where it abuts West Deloney
Avenue, like something out of
Norman Rockwell painting. Also on Mursell’s has some absolutely yummy
display are the decorative and func- chocolates.
tional ceramics, also made by Mrs.
McLaughlin, and of course, the large Jelly Belly jellybean display, the first in
Wyoming.
In the coming weeks and months, Mursell plans to add cheesecake and other
baked desserts to her shop. Mursell’s recently began offering cakes and cookies –
butterscotch and a tasty oatmeal pound cake were stacked in glass jars last week –
and now the self-taught cook is about to take on an even bigger workload with more
offerings. But the quantities of the forthcoming treats, like the overhead costs of a
family-owned and run business, will be kept low, she said.
In order to show off more of these homemade delights, the McLaughlins just last
week brought in a larger, more visible display. While the Jelly Bellies will lose their
prominent place up front, other recent additions to menu may help lure in more
Gaslight Alley passers-by.
Mursell’s approach is not European-style, with finely crafted, elegant, decorative
chocolates. No, hers are more of the old-fashioned American kind found in old East
Coast village centers and at popular roadside general stores across the country.
That is not to say, her goods are not simply gorgeous, but delectable, too.
The house specialty, or at least the “hands down” best seller, she said, are the
milk chocolate pecan turtles, which, like most of the store’s chocolate confections,
also comes in a dark version. She also makes one that substitutes almonds for
pecans. Some recipes have sugar-free alternatives, too.
Mursell takes great pride in using the freshest ingredients she can, some of
which, such as the raspberries and peaches she uses for her seasonal truffle
creams, come from the couple’s small farm near Pocatello, Idaho.
“I use real fruits in my recipes, and I really stand behind all my products,” she said.
At the farm, the couple also keeps goats, the milk from which Mursell makes into
ricotta cheese. No stranger to long days, to say the least, one of them has to make
the five-hour roundtrip to milk the animals every day.
“When you get into a ritual of habits,” she said matter-of-factly, “even though it
may seem like a lot to a bunch of people, we don’t think about it.”
Murcell’s secret is not that mysterious: “My grandma said if you stick with the best
ingredients you’ll have the best products. I would think that goes without saying.”
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THEGOODS Aaron Davis
I love plugging singer-songwriter
Greg Brown’s shows, even if they’re
four hours away. Vootie Productions
presents Brown at 8 p.m. on
Saturday in the Crawford Theater
at the Emerson Center in
Bozeman, Montana . Brown has
released more than 25 recordings,
the latest of which is this year’s
“Live from the Big Top,” recorded at
Big Top Chautauqua in Bayfield,
Wisconsin. The veteran is a powerful, dynamic performer and was
nominated this year for a Folk
Alliance Award in the category of
Contemporary Artist of the Year.
Tickets are $30 in advance and on
sale now at Cactus, Borders and
online at www.TicketWeb.com.
Greg Brown
■
The Silver Dollar Bar in the Wort
Hotel offers a number of themed
parties this off-season, the latest of
which will be a “Fall Back in Time
Party.” Old-time jazz and swing
music will be provided by the Jason
Fritts Quintet 7:30-11 p.m. on
Saturday. Bar goers are encouraged
to dress as if it were yesteryear (i.e.
medieval, Old West, ’20s, ’50s, hippie, ’80s). First, second and third
place prizes will be awarded. Even
drink prices will be retro, reflecting
opening day of the Silver Dollar Bar.
No cover for the party; call the bar at
733-2190.
■
Local folk duo Anne and Pete
Sibley recently completed recording
for “Winter on the Great Divide: A
Christmas Album,” and the couple
has announced pre-ordering details
for a Thanksgiving shipping date.
The 11-track disc includes holiday
standards like “O Little Town of
Bethlehem,” “Silent Night,” “Lo How
a Rose” and “Gloucestershire
Wassail,” plus an original called
“Winter on the Great Divide.” Details
for ordering a copy of your own in
time for the season can be found at
www.AnneAndPeteSibley.com. The
Sibley’s next performance will be on
Dec. 4 at Dornan’s.
MUSICBOX
Aaron Davis
Signal Path, Pnuma help rock
the vote in Teton Valley
Rarely are politics quite this fun.
Japanese release on Columbia Music Entertainment,
To raise awareness and to get their position across to Teton “Character,” hit the streets of Tokyo in September.
Valley voters in the upcoming Recall Election in Teton County,
In addition to rockin’ dance grooves, Teton Gravity
Idaho, newly formed nonprofit Tetons for Tomorrow is partner- Research will make a guest appearance on Saturday as well
ing with the Knotty Pine in Victor, Idaho, using music and beer as Victor City Council candidates Scott Fitzgerald and David
Bergart. Fitzgerald and Bergart will speak about their respecto attract younger citizens.
The “Against-the-Recall” Party will feature live electronica tive platforms. For more information about the party, call the
Knotty at (208) 787-2866
bands Signal Path and
the Pnuma Trio at 10
or visit tetonsfortomorp.m. on Friday at the
row.org.
Knotty Pine in Victor.
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The Western Folklife
Doors open at 9 p.m.
Center in Elko, Nev.,
Tickets are $10 at the
announced the winners
door, or $15 you’d like the
of its Yellowstone and
package deal of admisTeton Song Contest.
sion, a free drink, and
Connie Dover took the
membership to Tetons for
$1,000 grand prize for
Tomorrow (usually $50).
her tune “Out Yonder,”
Free tickets will also be
which she wrote on the
given away on KMTN.
front porch of the cook“The most important
house at the Double
message of this party is to
Diamond X Ranch near
encourage people to vote
Cody, Wyo., where she
against the recall,” said Signal Path will play the Knotty during the Against-the-Recall party.
worked as a cook in the
Zahan Billimoria of Tetons
for Tomorrow. “This means supporting the existing county com- summer of 2004. The song is about a woman who dreams of
missioners, Alice Stevenson and Larry Young, to keep them in leaving the East to come to God’s country near Yellowstone.
Ray Doyle’s “The Jewel” took second place and $500. His
office.”
Tetons for Tomorrow formed just two months ago with respon- song examines the volcanic aspects of Yellowstone and the
sible land-use planning and a better approach to managing meeting of water and fire. Doyle lives in Mar Vista, Calif., and
growth in Teton Valley at the top of their agenda. As Billimoria first visited the park while touring with Western band Wylie and
put it, the very fact that Stevenson and Young both have plat- the Wild West.
Taking the Audience Award for his song “The Road that
forms for managed growth is a major accomplishment for Teton
Valley. The opportunity to partner with Knotty Pine owner Brice Leads to Yellowstone” was Jon Chandler, who took home a
new Gibson Songwriter Deluxe acoustic guitar.
Nelson was a natural progression.
“Most of the songs that came in were cowboy, singer-song“Brice has been a long time advocate [for controlled
growth],” Billimoria said. “We had done three or four ‘Rock the writer, country and bluegrass,” Hal Cannon, founding director
Vote’ type parties in the past, and he found these two bands to of the Western Folklife Center, wrote in a press release. “There
were so many wonderful songs submitted I really don’t know
help the cause.”
This happens to be a special tour for Signal Path and Pnuma how the judges picked the winners.”
These songs along with others from the contest will be comTrio, who, incorporating progressive electronica with funkiness
and the spirit of the jam scene, seem musically and philosophy piled into a CD, “Songs from Yellowstone and Tetons,” to be
aligned. Calling it their “Holler If You Hear Me” tour, each band released in spring of 2008. A CD Release Party will take place
at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Mont., and there are
will play a full set, trading closing duties each night.
While Missoula, Mont., -based Signal Path toured incessant- also tentative plans to have events in Cody and Jackson as well.
Sixteen finalists were chosen from a total of 139 original
ly from 2002 to 2005, this marks its first tour since a lengthy
hiatus. The band has performed at many of the nation’s top jam songs that were entered into the contest. The four anonymous
festivals, including Bonnaroo, Wakarusa and the 10,000 Lakes music judges voted in terms of songwriting craft and pertinence
to the Yellowstone region. A big congrats to our local songwritMusic Festival.
Showcasing three jazz and classically trained players of ers who made it to the finals: Dan Thomasma, who offered
keys, bass and drums, Pnuma Trio hail from Memphis, Tenn. “Teton Waltz”; Ben Winship (with David Thompson and John
Gigging 200 dates a year in 2006 built momentum for the three- Lowell) who submitted “Madison Brown”; and Michael
some that led to a recent sold-out tour in Japan. Their new Hurwitz, who sent in his “Ed Trafton.”
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CDREVIEW
Richard Anderson
‘Cowboy Fandango’
Michael Hurwitz and the Aimless Drifters
Meadowlark Records (www.MikeHurwitz.com)
It wasn’t that long ago that I
considered myself a sworn
and certified enemy of country music. But then something
happened – I moved West, I
got a little older, I learned a little more about the history of
this music, its myths and legends, its connections to
other forms I respected and
revered – and I became a fan.
Albeit a mighty picky one. I mostly go for cowboy swing,
a la Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, and yodeled bal-
lads of Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams Sr. and their
descendents, and I’ve also sort of developed a fondness
for the folky, funky acoustic stuff like that of Michael
Hurwitz.
Hurwitz, who lives and practices his art over in Alta,
Wyo., likes the swing and the blues and those old corny
ballads, and he also write songs of his own – quirky
takes on the standard country fare, tales populated by
characters that are wacky and weird but completely
believable. Best of all, he has a dry, dusty voice to match
his wit and that lends an air of authenticity to his stories
of pickup trucks, parties, prison cells and peculiar people.
The latest example is “Cowboy Fandango,” cut with a
loose confederation of regional players –Tom Broderick,
Brian Wicklund, Eric Thorin, Ed Domer, Nancy
Thorwardson, Jay Vern, Jerry Linn, Ben Winship, Chuck
DUDe
WHere’s
my Car?
The Town of Jackson’s overnight
parking ban has gone into effect.
So, if you want to avoid all kinds
of hassles, listen up!
PARKING RESTRICTIONS
From November 1st through April 15th,
between 3am & 7am, it is illegal to park
overnight on Jackson streets, including public parking lots, regardless of weather (rain
or shine, snow or bikini.) Crews begin plowing
at 3am. Parked cars on town streets make the
job of keeping roads clear of snow more difficult.
Consequently, cars left on town streets between
3am & 7am will be ticketed and towed by Jackson
police. If you’re looking for your wheels in the morning, contact the JPD at 733-1430, during normal working hours, or contact dispatch at
733-2331 after 5 pm.
McLaughlin, Juni Fisher, Greg Creamer, Pop Wagner and
Jeff Newsom – he dubs the Aimless Drifters, and
released on his own Meadowlark Records. Hurwitz
describes the collection of 13 originals as “a guided tour
of the West as he knows it,” and if that doesn’t want to
make you want to hang out and party with this songslinger, you either have no sense of adventure or you are
already the victim of an overdeveloped one.
Musically, there’s not lot on “Cowboy Fandango” that
you haven’t already heard. Songs follow pleasantly familiar chord progressions and age-old structures. But the
lyrics often are fun and funny, or corny but convincing,
and the performance are rock solid, and not only not putting on airs but totally unfamiliar with the meaning of the
expression. All in all, it’s as simple and satisfying as a
good yarn told by a stranger you met at a gas station off
some God-forsaken exit between here and wherever.
SHOVELING
REQUIREMENTS
ADDITIONALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO
REMIND PEOPLE: Town residents
are responsible for
keeping sidewalks shoveled.
• The TOJ assists with
snow removal in the
downtown core and
along Broadway.
• Residents should not
put their garbage cans
out the night before,
but rather after 7am
on garbage days.
• Please keep trash
cans, cars, and other
obstacles out of
streets and off of
curbs. This saves your
property and makes the
streets more clear of
drifts and snow.
• Residents are also
encouraged to help
keep fire
hydrants
clear of snow.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE
FRIENDLY FOLKS AT THE
TOWN OF JACKSON
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FILMREVIEW
Judd Grossman
‘Into the Wild’
Written and directed by Sean Penn;
adapted from the book by Jon Krakauer.
Featuring Emile Hirsch, William Hurt,
Marcia Gay Harden, Hal Holbrook
Rated R for language and some nudity.
“What would Jesus do?”
I heard this laugh line in the movie “Transformers,”
which I watched with my children on DVD. The next
night I saw “Into the Wild,” Sean Penn’s interpretation of Jon Krakauer’s cult classic. Unlike
“Transformers,” “Into the Wild” drifts through its nearly two and a half hours as aimlessly as its protagonist
- AND the -
present …
“Ask a Mexican!”
An Evening wITH Columnist
GUSTAVO ARELLANO
Thursday,
November 8
7:30-8:30 p.m.
Library's Ordway Auditorium
This nationally-syndicated column
appears weekly in Planet Jackson Hole.
Supported by the Teton County Library Foundation.
www.TClib.org
wanders
the
western United
States.
This
story of upper
middle-class
angst is patiently retold by
Sean Penn with
beautiful cinematography
and great performances from
Emile Hirsch,
William Hurt,
Hal Holbrook and a charming cameo by Kristen
Stewart. But as I accompanied the movie on its ponderous journey, I began to be puzzled as to whether
this was a movie about a Jesus-like figure who died for
Po lit ic al ly
in co rrec t?
his parent’s sins, or just an adventurous kid who
screwed up and got himself killed.
Based on a true story, “Into the Wild” follows Chris
McCandless (Emile Hirsch) as he graduates from
college in the early ’90s and sets off to exorcise the
demons of his childhood. Like many of us, his
search took him west to the wide, open places where
we angst-filled adventurers found it convenient to
engage in a Jacobean wrestling match with our
shadows. Most young men who follow this path eventually either return to civilization or settle into a
counterculture routine. But occasionally they die
young, like McCandless.
McCandless passed through many lives, chanting
prophet-like a naïve message of purity. He eventually
rejected all forms of culture and human connection,
even as he carried Tolstoy and Thoreau in his backpack into the Alaska wilderness. Though
he hadn’t reached the maturity to truly
understand the implications of his own
radical theology, he nevertheless was
e
v
i
t
ca
able to help those who he met along the
Pr o v o
way to find some clarity.
“Into the Wild” is uncannily similar
to my own rebellious path. Chris
McCandless gives his college fund to
Oxfam. I tried to give mine back to my
dad (he wouldn’t take it). I too set off on
an adventure that ended in Alaska. I rode
those same trains, met the hippy couple
that took me on a blurry two-week excursion picking magic mushrooms, even met
a topless chick in Glacier. And when
Chris got picked up hitchhiking by the
kind and lonely old man who wanted to
adopt him, I couldn’t help but to not so
fondly recall the various lonely old men
who picked me up. I didn’t meet the tragic end that was McCandlesss’s fate, but I
probably should have, considering all the
stupid stuff I did. I’m sheepish to admit it,
but I always thought my life would make
a great movie; I can happily report that
after seeing “Into the Wild,” I’ve changed
my mind.
The thing is, short of the circumstances of his demise, McCandless’s is
not a unique story. Many of us who
came to Jackson Hole in the ’70s and
’80s can relate to the recurrent themes.
Many also can probably relate to the
exhilarating Buddha/Jesus effect the
young traveler can have on those he
comes in contact with. Unfortunately it’s
a cloying narcissism that the traveler
shares with the Hollywood star who
reads his own press clippings.
Penn overindulges this fable of innocent as prophet, casting McCandless as
a Jesus figure. But like Jesus, the story
only gains traction with the hero’s death.
And anybody can die. Staying alive is
the real challenge.
F R EE !
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ARTBEAT
Kate Balog
Art Association comes ‘Out of the Woods’
for auction; PBS series; McCandless marks
Day of the Dead; Ciao bella in Victor, Idaho …
The Art Association hosts its 14th
annual “Out of the Woods” silent auction fundraiser 6-8 p.m. on Friday at
the ArtSpace Gallery at the Center
for the Arts, 265 S. Glenwood.
The event really began as an opportunity for local artists to exhibit their
work and come “out of the woodwork,”
if you will. For years, it was hosted at
the old Art Association space on Pearl
Avenue. Now, thanks to the new
gallery, everyone has more room to
spread out.
Nearly 300 arts and crafts items will
be up for bidding. The donations are
still pouring in from exhibitors of Art
Fair Jackson Hole, visiting artists who
conduct workshops, local artists and
members of the Art Association. The
nonprofit’s Elisa San Souci will try
her best to hang all items by
Thursday for a preview, but she won’t
guarantee anything.
“Many of the pieces will arrive last
minute,” she said, “adding to the challenge of hanging the show.”
The Liquor Store is donating wine,
KZ95 is sponsoring advertising, and
the Blue Lion, Nani’s, Old Town Grill,
Pica’s, Q Roadhouse Barbecue,
Rendezvous Bistro, Snow King,
Sweetwater, Trio and the Virginian will
be serving appetizers.
For more information, call the Art
Association at 733-6379.
■
Painter and sculptor Ryan Haworth
is planning to donate four pieces to
Friday’s auction. His new art joint,
Haworth Gallery, is set to open sometime in the first half of November on
Main Street in Victor, Idaho. Stay tuned
for details on his opening party in the
next few weeks.
■
The Art Association is incredibly
busy this week. In addition the Friday’s
auction, on Sunday, it will present the
first two films in season four of the
Emmy-nominated PBS series, “Art:21
– Art in the Twenty-First Century.”
Four one-hour films will be presented
over two nights.
This is the first broadcast series for
national public television to focus
second film, “Ecology,” looks at artists
who address the impact of human
activity and technology on the world.
Betsy Morrison’s “Corn Lily with Frost.”
exclusively on contemporary visual art
and artists in the United States.
“Art:21” has produced four seasons,
screening every two years since 2001.
So far, 72 artists been featured.
Each film has a theme. “Protest” and
“ Paradox ” are the themes for this
weekend’s screenings. The artists featured in “Protest” are Jenny Holzer,
Alfredo Jaar, An-My Lê and Nancy
Spero. “Paradox” looks at how contemporary artists address abstraction and
representation, fact and fiction, and
order and chaos. The artists featured
are Jennifer Allora, Guillermo
Calzadilla, Mark Bradford, Robert
Ryman and Catherine Sullivan.
The screenings start at 7 p.m. at the
Center Theater, 265 S. Cache St, and
are sponsored by The Art Association.
Next week, on Nov. 12, “Romance”
and “Ecology” will screen. “Romance”
takes on the roles of emotion and nostalgia in contemporary art. Artists featured are Pierre Huyghe, Judy Pfaff,
Lari Pittman and Laurie Simmons. The
The artists profiled are Robert Adams,
Mark Dion, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, and
Ursula von Rydingsvard.
Both nights are free at the Center
Theater. More information about the
series is available at www.Art21.org.
■
No walking is required for the annual
El Dia de los Muertos Celebration
altar walk this year. Lyndsay
McCandless Contemporary Gallery
will host all the altars for her November
First Friday event.
Starting at 5:30 p.m. on Friday,
McCandless, local artists and students
will celebrate the traditional Mexican
celebration that honors those who have
departed. Oona Doherty, adult program
coordinator at the Teton County
Library, puts together the annual event,
which typically sets up altars in different galleries around downtown
Jackson. This year she found that most
of the artists were represented by
McCandless, so she suggested using
her gallery as the sole venue.
see ART BEAT page 36
Art Galleries
Artspace Gallery/Art Association
240 S. Glenwood ■ 733-6379
A Horse of a Different Color
60 E. Broadway ■ 734-9603
A Touch of Class
10 W. Broadway ■ 733-3168
Astoria Fine Art
35 E. Deloney ■ 733-4016
Buffalo Trail Gallery
98 Center Street ■ 734-6904
Brookover Gallery
125 N. Cache Street ■ 732-3988
Caswell Gallery & Sculpture Garden
145 E. Broadway ■ 734-2660
Cayuse Western Americana
255 N. Glenwood ■ 739-1940
Center Street Gallery
30 Center Street ■ 733-1115
Craft Gallery
50 King Street ■ 734-2747
Davies Reid
On the Town Square ■ 739-1009
DiTomasso Galleries
172 Center Street ■ 734-9677
Fay Gallery
Teton Village Road ■ 739-1006
Fighting Bear Antiques
375 S. Cache ■ 733-2669
Galleries West Fine Art
70 S. Glenwood ■ 733-4412
260 N. Cache ■ 733-4525
Gros Ventre Gallery Heriz Rug Co.
120 W. Pearl ■ 733-3388
Horizon Fine Art
165 N. Center ■ 739-1540
Images of Nature Gallery
170 N. Cache ■ 733-9752
Images West
98 E. Little Ave., Driggs n■ 208-354-3545
Jack Dennis Wyoming Gallery
Town Square ■ 733-7548
Jeff Grainger Workshop
335 N. Glenwood ■ 734-0029
Legacy Gallery
Town Square ■ 733-2353
Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary
130 S. Jackson St ■ 734-0649
Meyer Milagros Gallery
155 Center Street ■ 733-0905
Mountain Trails Gallery
150 Center Street ■ 734-8150
Muse Gallery/Art of Framing
745 W. Broadway ■ 733-0555
National Museum of Wildlife Art
3 miles north of Jackson ■ 733-5771
Oswald Gallery
165 N. Center Street ■ 734-8100
Robert Dean Collection
172 Center ■ 733-9290
Rivertime Designs
98 E. Little Ave., Driggs ■ 208-351-2045
Schmidt’s Custom Framing
890 S. Hwy. 89 ■ 733-2306
Shadow Mountain Gallery
10 W. Broadway ■ 733-3162
Trailside Galleries
Town Square ■ 733-3186
Trio Fine Art
545 N. Cache ■ 734-4444
West Lives On
74 Glenwood ■ 734-2888
Wilcox Gallery
North of town on Cache ■ 733-6450
Wild by Nature Photography
95 W. Deloney ■ 733-8877
Wild Exposures Gallery - Photography
60 E. Broadway ■ 739-1777
Wild Hands – Art for Living
70 S. Glenwood / 265 W. Pearl ■ 733-4619
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from ART BEAT page 35
McCandless was thrilled to participate.
Altars are traditionally erected to pay respects and
to honor visiting spirits. Mexican families make altars
that often include offerings such as pan de muertos
or “dead bread,” candles, incense, yellow marigolds
and photographs of the departed soul.
McCandless will make her own altar. Her staff will
make another – an interactive altar – that will ask the
viewers to pick out different manmade, found objects
from a bucket and attach them to a wall along with an
intention or blessing. The wall may be one of her
gallery’s outside walls, creating an outdoor sculpture,
drawing from altar traditions from other cultures.
In the ancient Celtic tradition, for example, small
offerings of cloth or string along with a prayer are
affixed to secret, magical wells. The Japanese tie
prayer papers to objects in public places.
The other artists and organizations who may participate are Susan Thulin, Babs Case, Jen Hotz, Alyssa
Davies, Rachel Kunkle, Journeys School students,
Heather Hannan, Valerie Seaburg, Oona Doherty,
Chuchie Sanchez, and the Latino Resource Center.
The event is co-sponsored by Ladrillos Para Las Artes.
Families are welcome and encouraged to experience
the sugar skull decorating table, classical guitar music
by Byron Tomingas, Mexican crafts tables led by ESL
students, Mexican hot chocolate, and Dead Bread.
And then for the rest of us, she'll have beer and wine
as usual. 130 S Jackson St. 307-734-0649.
■
The receptions at Ciao Galler y in Victor,
Idaho, are so dif ferent than the ones in Jackson
(perhaps with the exception of those at Lyndsay
McCandless Contemporar y).
Last Friday, for example, everyone chilled to bluegrass music and homemade baked goods as Betsy
Morrison and Emily Boespflug showed in the front
room in the gallery.
Morrison and Boespflug offered two visions of
nature – one in paint, the other in photography; one
tight and professional, the other unconstrained and
emotional. Colors and light contrast were equally
intense in both.
Morrison lives in Victor and owns Teton Virtual
Tours and Teton Valley Photography. She attended the
University of Colorado at Boulder and received a BS
in business. She always knew she wanted to be selfemployed. She moved to Dallas after graduating,
worked at a large commercial photo lab and decided
Emiliy Boespflug’s “Close to Home.”
she wanted to study photography after learning the
nuts and bolts, which she did, at the Brook Institute in
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Her proudest accomplishment was her 15-year
installation at Sequoia National Park in California. It
ran at the Lodgepole Visitor Center every half and
hour until just recently.
After living in Boulder, Ojai and Jackson, she settled down in Teton Valley in 2004. When she bought
her house she came up with a novel business idea.
She discovered that real estate companies here were
not using virtual photography to show their homes.
She began providing Realtors with 360-degree virtual
photography for the web in 2006 with much success.
Next on her agenda is a spring 2008 mixed media
installation with sound effects, music and photography taking her nature presentations to “another
dimension with sequences and music on a huge
screen.” Her venue is to be determined.
Morrison is truly living her dream – actually making
a living here as a professional photographer. “It’s
taken 20 years,” she said. “It’s finally worked out.”
She attributes her success to her ability to use both
sides of her brain equally.
Her show partner, painter Emily Boespflug, actually
had a brain-shifting experience at the age of 18.
Leaving her first year of college in Powell, Wyo., she
crashed her VW Bug and landed into the canal.
“Everything lined up for me,” she said. “The dean of students saw the whole thing happen. There was a tow truck
across the street. The dean ran over to the tow truck.”
She suffered some head and brain trauma and was
not the same person when she awoke. She found that
she struggled with her strong subjects – math, science and music – and gravitated instead towards art,
favoring the right side of her brain, which had become
more dominant since the accident. An art professor
took her under his wing, assured her the accident had
been a blessing, and she graduated with a BFA.
Then she moved to Wallaby Ranch in the center of
Florida, the only part of Florida with elevation – 350
feet above sea level – and converging wind from
each coast, making the area a Mecca for hang gliding. For three years she learned to hang glide and
paint murals.
Now she teaches art classes at Center for the Arts
and coordinates the outreach program. She will
decide eventually between a career of teaching art at
the college level, mural painting and art therapy. But
at the moment, she is doing just fine being a ski bum,
hang gliding, teaching and perfecting her plein air
technique in oils, pastels and watercolors.
Morrison’s and Boespflug’s work will hang at
Ciao until Nov. 10. The back room has some interesting work by various artists as well. Visit
www.CiaoGallery.com or stop by 145 N. Main St.
■
Is Caswell Gallery in Jackson Hole closing? There
is a rumor going around, but no one will confirm it. No
one will return my call and nothing is coming up on
the event calendar. Not even Rip Caswell, who split
from the gallery last year, knows the situation.
Rip’s general manager said the split was purely a business decision. Local buyers will either
have to purchase from his new Website,
www.CaswellGallery.com, or from his renovated
gallery in Troutdale, Ore.
Caswell grew up in the Pacific Northwest and studied taxidermy before becoming the famous sculptor of
cast bronze wildlife.
“Jackson Hole is one of my favorite places,” he
said, “and I expect to return there when I can.”
If he does return, hopefully he’ll be able to rent a
gallery space since the Caswell situation may be a
part of a larger Jackson issue: Word is that entire
block of East Broadway is up for sale and prone to
redevelopment in the next year.
“Life is too short to pick
flowers anywhere else.”
- Jerry
Pick of the week:
Snapdragons
Char-Ral Floral
180 N. Center St.
Downtown 733-2500
$1.00
per stem
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‘Humping the dream’ at Snow King Halloween
Story by Grace Hammond • Photos by DEREK DILUZIO
A group of celebrants stays in character.
Playing dress up to raise money for kids.
“I’m expecting it to be like a high school dance.”
My cactus-costumed friend and I were on the same
wavelength. We were also freezing. We hurried toward
the Snow King entrance.
“But even the chess club is probably drunk,” I
added.
Such was the banter of girls who had never yet been
to a KMTN Halloween Bash. We came in a posse,
decked out in too-small scraps of costume, glitter and
false eyelashes. We’d “heard tell” about this Halloween
event. The grizzled old Jackson party veterans – you
know, the people who’ve been here a year or more –
said it was the party to end all parties. So there we
were: Snow King or bust, ready to partake in a
fundraiser for the children.
The party was still at half-mast but picking up steam
when we came through the door. The crowd bottlenecked at the lobby. Masked men and painted women
displayed their (or someone else’s) IDs to get into the
21-plus room of revelry. In the arena, the most fantastical dreams of every child born in the early ’80s materialized. It was a 20-something wonderland – a place
where you wouldn’t be surprised to see the unicorn
from Tom Cruise’s “Legend” brush past you and give
you a little wink.
The Publisher’s Clearinghouse Guy wove through
the crowd, flanked by a camera crew and clutching a
check he could barely carry, his glorious grey hair
slicked back, perfect. A group of American Gladiators
– Storm, is that you? – danced with be-glittered jousting sticks held high, seemingly ready for the gauntlet.
“Where’s Waldo” was as elusive as ever, popping up
like a prairie dog throughout the crowd. Even our middle school days got some play: Flava Flav pimped by
with a trademark clock around his neck, and Jay and
Fairies, hippies and geeks: Oh my!
Bunnies and pimps: an interesting juxtapose.
Silent Bob skulked in the corners.
Next year, I’ll jump on the bandwagon and pay homage to my ’80s and ’90s roots. I’ll go as the Oregon
Trail Video Game and walk around telling people they
just lost three oxen or Becky has died of cholera. Or
I’ll show up as Gem, Rainbow Brite or maybe the kid
from the Flight of the Navigator.
The chess club was there, as predicted. Whether or
not they were drunk, I don’t know. There were too
many of them. The audience was littered with nerd
costumes – taped glasses, pocket protectors and a
smattering of Urkel-ized pants. The most important figures of the day danced, drank and made out. A gaggle
of fairies with wrinkles painted on their faces – really
St. John’s Laboratory Department – practically filled
the floor at the beginning of the party, dancing to soul,
R&B, funk and Motown by local favorites Soul
Impressions.
“We’re Hillary Clinton’s Nutcracker Sweet,” said
Beebe Shield, spelling out “sweet.” “We say to Hillary:
You go, girl!”
Paris Hilton, of perhaps greater notoriety than Mrs.
Clinton, was appropriately lanky and snide. There was
more than one variation on the Britney Spears theme:
the classic and unfortunate oversized-sunglasses, lollipop and muu-muu look, and an “Oops I Did it Again”
costume that featured a double imaginary nip slip,
half-shaved head and an innocent baby doll tied about
the ankle. Kid Rock’s character needed a little coaching on the recent and infamous Waffle House incident,
but once aware of the nefarious scuffle, he assured
me he had “kicked [the guy] all over that mother******.”
Nary a moment passed without a costume coming
apart at the seams, breaking in half or skittering
across the floor as the result of an overzealous
attempt to bump ’n’ grind. The success of the party
owed in part to the invisible yet omnipresent existence
of “the pre-game.” Pre-gaming gets people in the
party mood. It’s customary to arrive at this type of
event fashionably late, having clocked several hours at
a before-party to-do. The pre-game can even be the
hallmark of the evening: you and your besties, hosing
each other down with glitter or body paint, jammed
into a bathroom that reeks of burning hair and nail polish remover. You’ll remember this part fondly. In fact, it
might be the only part you remember at all.
More than anything, the party was “so Jackson.” I
was wrong thinking that it would be just like high
school – it was like college. It’s not an insult to point
out that there are a disproportionate number of sexy,
fabulous Jackson residents for whom this place is the
“to be continued” of undergrad. And why not? They’re
living in party houses, surrounded by exciting, interesting people their age, working the same dishwashing
jobs they did for work study. “Humping the dream,” my
friend Cheryl calls it.
On the dance floor of the Snow King arena, hump
they did, happily and unapologetically. And they
looked damn good doing it.
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Teresa Griswold
Confidential Counseling
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During the autumn and winter months,
cooler air temperatures can trigger bonechilling cold in our bodies. But eating certain “warming foods” can naturally keep
the shivers at bay.
According to “Healing with Whole
Foods,” Paul Pitchford’s encyclopedia of
Asian food practices and modern nutrition,
foods
have a thermal nature.
Pitchford
describes the
warming values of food
as related to
Chinese medicine
and
details
the
way certain
foods
help Warming foods?
regulate body
temperature. The two most important
qualities for food-as-medicine are “heat”
and “cold.”
Warming foods are known to increase
deep energy and push blood up and out
to the surface of the body. Foods that
provide the most enduring warmth are
dried ginger root, oats, parsnips, butter
and anchovies. A list of warming grains
and seeds include oats, spelt, quinoa,
sunflower seed, sesame seed, walnut,
pinenut, chestnut, fennel, dill, anise, caraway, carob pod, cumin and sweet brown
rice. Warming vegetables and fruit are
parsnip, parsley, mustard greens, winter
squash, cabbage, kale, onion, leek,
chive, garlic, scallion, cherry, citrus peel
and date.
According to Pitchford, methods of
preparation also affect the warming qualities of food. Heating helps break down
food structure so that nutrients are more
available. The energy of the body is less
focused on digestion.
Warming spices are especially helpful.
Pitchford suggest adding ginger, cinnamon, cayenne, mint, horseradish, thyme,
sage, coriander, basil, and black or white
pepper to your recipes. A pinch of cinnamon or nutmeg in yogurt or milk greatly
improves the digestibility of these foods,
while cayenne offers a potent source of
botanical vitamin C, making it a great remedy the common cold.
Pitchford also recommends chewing
food more thoroughly to create warmth.
He says chewing food not only breaks
food down, but can facilitate greater
assimilation and warmth.
For those who need to know all the
rules of thumb for selecting warming versus cooling foods, refer to Pitchford’s
book. You can also find featured “warming” foods at Jackson Whole Grocers.
Safe sleep tips
for babies
One of the easiest ways to lower your
baby’s risk of Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome (SIDS) is to put him or her on
the back to sleep for naps and at night.
Health care providers used to think that
babies should sleep on their stomachs,
but research now shows that babies are
less likely to die of SIDS when they sleep
on their backs.
Here are more tips to ensure baby’s
sleep time is safe:
■ Always place your baby on his or her
back to sleep for naps and at night. The
back sleep position is the safest and
every sleep time counts.
■ Place your baby on a firm sleep surface, such as on a safety-approved crib
mattress covered by a fitted sheet.
■ Keep soft objects, toys and loose
bedding out of your baby’s sleep area.
Don’t use pillows, blankets, quilts or pillow-like bumpers in the baby’s sleep area,
and keep soft items away from the baby’s
face.
■ Do not allow smoking around your
baby.
■ Keep the baby’s sleep area close to,
but separate from, where you and others
sleep. Your baby should not sleep in a
bed or on a couch or chair with adults or
other children.
■ Don’t let the baby get overheated.
Dress the infant in light sleep clothing and
keep the room at a temperature that is
comfortable for an adult. If you use a light
blanket, place the baby with its feet at the
end of the crib and don’t let the blanket
come higher than the chest. Tuck the
edges of the blanket under the crib mattress to avoid entanglement.
■ Avoid too much time in car seats, carriers and bouncy seats where the baby’s
reclining.
For more information visit the National
Institute of Child Health and Human
Development at www.NICHD.nih.gov.
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SPORTSPAGE
Local hockey teams laced
up and ready for action
by Sam Petri
where they will face off against Sun
Valley. The Teton Passers (A Team), the
Teton Chuters (B Team) and the Teton
Venoms (C team) comprise about 50
women total, according to Thomas.
“The
Women’s
program
has
changed from the past,” said Thomas.
“They are serious and competitive in
all three levels.”
Thomas estimated that 75 percent of
the time Jackson Hole beats Sun Valley.
NEAL HENDERSON
The ice is now in at the Snow King
Arena and that means Moose Hockey,
Jackson Hole Women’s League Hockey
and Recreation League Hockey are on
the horizon.
Although the Moose don’t host their
first home game until the weekend of
Dec. 7, when they play a two-game series
against the Spokane Railors, their training camp this past
Wednesday marked
the beginning of
their season.
Moose
Coach
Adam Patterson said
the team retained 23
players from last year
and that nine new
recruits have shown
up to make their way
onto the team. “It’s a
try-out camp,” said
Patterson, “but we
wouldn’t have picked
them if we didn’t
think they could perWith ice in at Snow King Arena, local hockey teams
form at this level.”
like the Moose have started their seasons.
USA Hockey designates the Moose a Senior A Elite He said the Jackson Women’s true nemeDivision team. Most of the players on the sis is Aspen’s Mother Puckers.
“They have like three D-I players on
team played on a Division I, II or III team
in college, and although some of the their team,” said Thomas.
Last year the Passers tied the
players were paid in the past, according
to Coach Patterson, none of the Moose Puckers in Jackson’s home tournament, but lost 3-0 during a champiplayers are paid.
“We’re a nonprofit group,” said onship game. The Teton Passers seek
Patterson. “Any money we raise we put revenge this season.
Jackson Hole’s Recreation Hockey
back into our youth hockey programs.”
Despite this fact, this year’s recruits League starts play this Sunday and conhave come from as far away as Alaska tinues with games held once a week,
and New York state. On the other side of every Sunday through March 16, when
the spectrum, one of the new recruits, playoffs begin. This weekend the teams
Luke Smith, is the first local to play for play in the order in which they were
ranked last season, with the top two
the team in Moose Hockey history.
If you’d like to see how they’re skat- teams playing against each other first.
At 5:15 p.m. on Sunday, Two-Ocean
ing, the Moose have mandatory on-ice
practice at 9:15 p.m. every Wednesday Builders plays Spring Creek Ranch.
Then the Cowboys will play Green Team
at the Snow King Arena.
Women’s Hockey Head Coach T.J at 6:45. Afterwards, at 8:15, the Calico
Thomas (who also plays for the Moose), plays the Ear Wigs, followed by Mechco
along with Head Coach John Frechette versus the Yetis at 9:45. The Sawzalls
and Assistant Coach Frank Lyons, have will play their first game against the
been conditioning the Women’s A, B Yetis at 5:15 p.m. on Nov. 11.
Get over to Snow King and catch a
and C teams for their first tournament
in Boise, Idaho, this coming weekend, local game.
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using numbers 1 to 9.
Each number can
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each row, column, and
3x3 block. Use logic
and process of elimination to solve the puzzle.
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ACROSS
1 Mystery movie array
6 Mideast initials
9 “If I Knew You Were Comin’ __
Baked a Cake”: 1950 #1 song
13 Closer to perfect
18 She sang with Paul in Wings
19 Paid attention
22 Cockamamie
23 Tooth that can’t make up its
mind?
25 New England seafood
26 Regal
27 Pawnee ally
28 Be cheaper
30 Old Sinclair rival
31 Former capital of South Yemen
33 Local support?
35 Trouble
36 Legendary twin
38 Vatican vocal performance?
43 “How satisfying!”
46 Seven-time Wimbledon champ
48 Black, to Blake
49 Erotic god
50 Joe Namath’s victory guarantee
before Super Bowl III?
52 Goatlike deity
53 Stroll
54 Knocked into the cup
55 “__ man with seven wives ...”
57 Bellow
59 Trail
60 On a grand scale
61 Campeche cat
63 CEO, on the corporate ladder?
66 Office stamp
68 Bête __
70 Greek porticos
71 Military report?
74 Corner, in a way
76 Chase flies
79 Transit closing?
80 Forward-looking sort
81 “... may He give us __ lodging”:
Cardinal Newman
83 Gerald’s predecessor
84 Damages badly
86 Kurt denial
88 How to ask for a holiday drink?
91 Italian smoker
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Slant
Garage litter
Icky stuff
Momentary longing?
Czar’s edict
Jump on a line?
Connecticut town for which a
disease is named
Barely go
Pond organism
Begrudging acknowledgment
Old Icelandic work
Port-au-Prince native
It may be red
Dilemma of how desperately one
should ask?
Brawl
“If memory serves ...”
Temple feature
Origins
Retirement destinations?
Outlaw Kelly
’50s big blast
DOWN
1 “Almost!”
2 Aids for the forgetful
3 “The Last of the Mohicans”
Mohican
4 Cutter, at times
5 Clearance, for one
6 Pretend not to know
7 Court call
8 Bagel flavor
9 Cowering
10 Deal-busting org.
11 Surprise winner of the first
Tchaikovsky Piano Competition
12 Therefore
13 Little shooter
14 Noted finger-pointer
15 Hard to find
16 Eve’s grandson
17 Wine list heading
20 Cause of smithereens, maybe
21 Where Greeks bought leeks?
24 Pack animals
29 Epitome of grace
32 Quick wit
34 It’s out of one’s mind
37 Begun, as a town: Abbr.
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Teller’s station
Audio equipment ad words
Red line?
Strikeout king Ryan
Shorthand pioneer
Queens stadium
Each
Hotel chain since 1952
Helen Hunt Jackson novel
Summary
Expo
Golden Fleece ship
Kindling, often
Pay to play
Wilder in films
Element #33
Trawling catch
Hoarse
Jettison
__ upswing
New voters of 1920
Sister of Calliope
Escape the herd
Get out of trouble
King of old comics
Full of energy
Thingam add-on
Lip
Got really good at
’60s Cosby/Culp series
Become established
Get short with
Little eaters’ needs
Nervous
Samples
Mideast princes: Var.
Eschew the leftovers
Covering for the leftovers
Cuba __
Highlanders
Woody Allen theme
Pet food with a paw print in its
logo
Merriment
River to the Ubangi
Attempt
Physician appellation
Desire
Signal at Sotheby’s
Phillies’ div.
¡ASKAMEXICAN!
Gustavo Arellano
Dear Mexican: How do I go to the Mexican grocery store and bakery to buy supplies for our Día
de los Muertos party without looking like I’m doing
the kitschy-goofy thing I’m doing? I walk up to the
register and smile ingratiatingly, saying “Gracias”
as usual - but a basketful of sugar skulls, and
other themed items hefted to the register in my
Irish-mutt arms isn’t subtle. I don’t really mind
looking stupid, but I don’t want to offend anyone.
- Lost Me Lucky Charms
Dear Mickette: Chicano yaktivists will cry holy Aztlán
because you’re appropriating Mexico’s holiday for revering
the dead, but screw ‘em. Go ahead and miss the point of
Día de los Muertos, Lucky Charms. You know better than
anyone else that America doesn’t truly accept its immigrants until ethnic cultural feasts get warped into besotted
celebrations attended by opportunistic politicos, and people forget the original meaning behind the occasion.
Wasn’t St. Patrick the guy who drove the Jews out of
Amsterdam? Similarly, Día de los Muertos (Day of the
Dead) is fast becoming corporatized, with do-it-yourself
sugar-skull kits available at craft stores and hipsters building altares not to honor the souls who rest with God but
because they read about it in Lonely Planet. Enter the
Mexican grocery stores and bakeries with pride, Lucky
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GUSTAVO ARELLANO WILL SPEAK AT THE LIBRARY’S
ORDWAY AUDITORIUM ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8.
STOP BY FOR AN ENTERTAINING EVENING.
Charms. You’re multicultural!
You’re having a fiesta! You don’t
know what you’re doing! Really, the Mexican isn’t too bitter about your cultural imperialism - you’re just fulfilling the
prophecy that is the “Irish I were Mexican” T-shirt.
I work as a physical therapist, and I’ve encountered Latinos from different parts of the world in
my work. Whenever I hurt myself as a child, my
mother would always tell me, “Sana, sana, Colita
de rana. Si no sanas hoy, sanarás mañana.” I
always thought that the saying was regional to
my homeland of northern New Mexico. However,
I’ve met people from Cuba, Guatemala, Puerto
Rico and Mexico that are familiar with “Sana,
sana.” What’s up with this? It sounds like an
incantation from a bruja or curandera. Can you
or your readers shed some light on this?
- Lupita la Brujita
Dear Lupita the Wabby Little Witch: While my gentle
readers are a sharp bunch of wabs, gabachos, chinitos,
and negritos, I use them only for cheap labor and contraband smuggling. Besides, I doubt many of them are
familiar with the origins of the refrán (saying) you cited,
which translates as, “Heal, heal, tail of frog. If you don’t
heal today, you’ll heal tomorrow” (alternate versions substitute culito - anus - for colita). You’re right in noting its
popularity throughout Latin America - folklorists have
documented mothers reassuring the boo-boos of their
niños with “sana, sana” from the U.S.-Mexico borderlands to Chile to the Dominican Republic and even
Spain, but haven’t yet determined its age or deciphered
its meaning. What’s obvious is the refrán’s theme of
curanderismo, the use of centuries-old folk remedies to
remedy for pesos what modern-day medicine charges in
HMOs. But don’t worry, gabachos: though this column
dealt with death and the occult, Mexicans aren’t always
that morbid, and the “sana, sana” chant is as harmless
as an English nursery rhyme - and we all know how
innocent those stanzas are.
COLUMN DEDICATION! To the real ghouls of the
season: the Know Nothing senators who helped
defeat the DREAM Act. This bill would’ve legalized
the country’s most productive Americans: the undocumented kids (Mexicans and otherwise) who pursue
a higher education despite the spectre of deportation hanging over themselves and their families. Guys
and chavas: keep the faith. Senators: may your
grandchildren marry Mexicans and birth beautiful
half-wabs.
Got a spicy question about Mexicans? Ask the Mexican at [email protected]. Those of you who do submit questions: they will be edited for clarity, cabrones.
And include a hilarious pseudonym, por favor, or we’ll make one up for you!
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ADVICEGODDESS
Amy Alkon
Sowing her mild oats
I’ve always gotten terrible crushes
on exciting, ambitious, bold men who
never want anything to do with me. I
gambled that being with a good, reliable man would cure me of my pointless crushes, and married my best
friend. He’s in love with me, and I love
him as a friend and figured I’d grow
to love him as a husband. Besides, I
want kids and I’m short on time. On a
recent business trip, I met a man with
everything I’m attracted to - big
manly shoulders, a confident bearing
and wit. My husband’s the opposite,
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he’s trying to hide his head between
them. While he’s funny, he’s timid and
socially awkward, and only mutters
witticisms under his breath. Luckily,
the new man doesn’t threaten my
marriage, but only because he doesn’t want kids. My husband sensed
something was up, and now worries
whenever I travel. Could I eventually
develop an attraction to my husband?
I’d hate to lose my best friend over
this.
- Crushed By Crushes
I love asking couples how they got
together, but, in your case, I’ll guess: “I
just got super-tired of drunk-dialing business executives (I mean, they all eventually block my number), and at that
moment, I happened to glance at my
watch, and went, ‘Holy moly, I need
sperm!’”
Some women marry for money and
position; you married to avoid self-examination. On a practical level, this is like
curing bleeding gums by buying a new
lip liner. No, never mind asking the obvious, “How come I keep throwing myself
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at all these
Big Men who
show little interest in me?” Instead, you
“gambled” by marrying the man you consider a stoop-shouldered loser of a “best
friend” - hoping that you could love him
as a stoop-shouldered loser of a husband. Perhaps you haven’t heard, but
best friendship is supposed to mean
you’d do almost anything FOR somebody, not almost anything TO them.
Regarding your desire to have kids,
don’t be too quick to consider your
diaphragm a quaint souvenir. You don’t
just “have” children - you actually have
to parent them. There’s more to this than
the thrill of dressing your little girl as
your tiny clone: namely, 20-plus years of
sacrificing your needs for those of your
spawn. If that doesn’t dissuade you,
sample parenting’s demands by moving
in for a week with a family with young
children - like my neighbors, who haven’t
eaten at a restaurant that has waiters
instead of clowns for the better part of a
decade. If you’re honest, maybe you’ll
admit that your urge to have adorable little things running around would be better served by dressing your dog up as
Pocahontas.
Could you eventually develop an
attraction to your husband? Sure you
could, if you divorce this husband and
marry one you’re attracted to. Of course,
that guy’s bound to be unsuitable in his
own special way. And isn’t that the point
of all the supposed “pointlessness?” You
aren’t so much looking for love as you’re
trying to look like you’re looking for love;
probably because you’re terrified of
rejection. Until you work through that,
avoid committing to more than a time
and place for pointless sex. And while, in
yet another outpouring of concern for
YOUR needs, you say you’d hate to lose
your “best friend” over this, it’s probably
the sweetest, kindest thing you could do.
Who knows, the guy might stand up a little straighter for a woman who marries
him because she can’t keep her hands
off him - not because she can’t keep her
hands off firemen, police chiefs, loggers,
astronauts, corporate presidents, and
broad-shouldered traveling salesmen.
Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, No. 280,
Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail
[email protected] or visit her Web
site at www.advicegoddess.com.
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Week of October 31
© 2007 Rob Brezsny
[email protected]
ARIES (March 21-April 19): A top official at the
European Robotics Research Network predicts that
humans will “be having sex with robots” sooner than
anyone expected — probably within four years. I hope
this little shocker will help motivate you to follow my
astrological advice for the coming week, which is to flee
in the opposite direction of that trend. Start by phasing
out any robotic, machine-like behavior that may have
crept into the way you make love. For that matter,
deprogram yourself of any automatic, lifeless habits
that are infecting your approach to expressing intimacy,
tenderness, and togetherness.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Moths, hummingbirds,
and bats love to drink the nectar that flowers offer. In
return, these pollinators are expected to get some
pollen stuck on their bodies and carry it away to fertilize other plants. While the nectar is tasty, it’s usually not
pure sweetness. If it were, the first pollinator to come
along would suck it all dry, leaving nothing for further
visitors. And that wouldn’t be good from the plant’s
point of view, because it would limit the number of
places where its pollen would be disseminated. To keep
nectar-drinking sessions short, therefore, most plants
include just a touch of bitterness in the blend. Regard
this entire scenario as a useful metaphor for you to
keep in mind during the coming weeks, Taurus.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Pulitzer prize-winning
journalist Seymour Hersh told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that the
governments of the U.S. and Israel were slavering for a
bombing raid on Iran. “The Israeli position is very firm,”
he said. “They want us to go into Iran. And they want us
to hit hard . . . If you run into a lion, you either shoot it or
ignore it. You don’t pluck out its eyebrows.” Keep that last
image in mind, Gemini. In the coming weeks, I advise you
to take a similar attitude toward the enemy within you.
Don’t mess around with cosmetic changes or half-assed
measures. Either go all the way or don’t go at all. (P.S. It’s
OK if you’re not quite ready for a full-scale showdown.
You’ll have another chance in January.)
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Best days this month
for smart love, healing beauty, and uplifting adventure:
2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24.
Best days for creative outbreaks and ingenious selfexpression: 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 25. Best days
to search for the loot from a 1967 bank robbery hidden
in a metal box stashed inside a hollowed-out log in the
woods: 2, 3, 9, 10, 11. Best days to dream about a
dancing rhinoceros whose careening around a giant
ouija board gives you information about an opportunity
to manifest one of your most ambitious dreams: 6, 7,
13, 15, 18, 21, 22.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): When a plant needs help,
mused filmmaker David Lynch, “the experienced gardener doesn’t worry about the leaves. He gets at the
problem from the roots.” That thought should be a central guide for you in the coming week, Leo. Don’t attack
the symptoms of your dilemma with money, tears, or
accusations. Instead, find the hidden causes and gently
massage them with crafty compassion.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The owners of a parts supply
store in South Carolina billed the Pentagon $998,798
for sending two 19-cent washers to a Texas army base.
Let’s install them as your symbolic reminder not to overpay for anything in the coming week, no matter how
crucial it may be to your operations. And when I invoke
that word “overpay,” I’m referring not only to forking
over money, but also to giving away your emotional
energy, directing your attention, or offering up your
help. Make sure that you’re getting equal value for your
contributions.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the realm of competitive
swimming, it’s a big deal when an athlete shaves a fraction of a second off an existing world record. At a championship meet in Melbourne earlier this year, Michael
Phelps was virtually canonized when he beat the previous mark for the 200-meter freestyle by two-tenths of a
second. I predict that you will achieve a comparable
feat in the coming week, Libra. Some tiny improvement
you accomplish will make a major difference.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A drunk dominatrix
sidled up to me at a party and said, “Reverend, please
absolve me of my sins.” I’m not officially a priest, but in
the spirit of fun and games I replied, “Why, my dear?
Have you seen the error of your ways?” She spread her
arms wide as she bowed, hissing like a serpent through
a toothy smile. “Not at all, Reverend,” she said. “I just
want to clear the docket so I can go out and commit a
slew of fresh, new sins with crazy abandon.” I sprinkled
a few drops of her Heineken on her head and channeled
William Blake: “You’ll never know what is enough
unless you know what is more than enough. The road of
excess leads to the palace of wisdom. If the fool would
persist in her folly she would become wise.” And now,
Scorpio, I’m channeling the same blessing for you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Dear Rob:
Thanks for being in my dream last night. We were in a
beat-up, barely running old Chevy on a windy, dusty trail.
You explained that it would be highly beneficial for a
Sagittarian like myself to demolish this junker. With me
behind the wheel and you riding shotgun, we slowly and
gently smashed it again and again into the side of the
cliff, cracking and denting and tearing it up. Then we got
out and hammered it with logs. I felt free when I woke up,
like I’d achieved some great feat. -Liberated Wrecker.”
Dear Liberated: I’m pleased I could join in the work that
you (and all Sagittarians) are best suited for right now:
creative destruction. It was smart of you to dismantle a
symbol of what you’ll no longer settle for and that wouldn’t drive you to where you need to go anyway.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The number of
TV channels we have to choose from is growing steadily. Where I live, for example, there were a mere 61
options in 2000. Now I can choose from 104. And yet
surveys show that most of us watch no more than 15
percent of what’s available. If you’d like to be in alignment with cosmic rhythms in the coming week,
Capricorn, you will make a concerted effort to sample a
much larger selection than you usually do — of TV channels and everything else. I suggest you expose yourself
to an exuberant variety of foods, personalities, landscapes, styles, and cultures. Take in sights and sounds
you don’t normally even think of tuning in to.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Neurobiologists at a
university in Berlin have conducted experiments that
strongly suggest fruit flies have free will. If that awesome capacity can thrive in the tiny brains of short-lived
insects, I think it’s safe to assume that you and I also
have it — and probably in much larger amounts. In a
separate study reported on by Scientific American,
researchers at the University of Kentucky demonstrated that you can boost your willpower simply by using it
a lot, in the same way that you strengthen a muscle by
exercising it. I present you with these two bolts of good
news, Aquarius, just in time for the Build-Your-Free-Will
phase of your astrological cycle.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “As a European in the
movie industry,” writes actor W. Morgan Sheppard,
“I’ve learned to think in terms of questions (as in
European films) rather than in terms of answers (as in
American films). That’s why I love this quote from the
play ‘Marat-Sade,’ which I use when I’m teaching acting: ‘For me the last word cannot ever be spoken. I am
always left with a question that is open.’” I urge you to
take your next assignment from these thoughts, Pisces.
According to my reading of the astrological omens,
answers are utterly useless to you in the coming days.
Certainty is a sham. What you desperately need are
ripe, rounded, provocative questions.
Homework: The media love bad news because they think it’s more interesting
than good news. Is it? Send your interesting good news to [email protected].
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for reliable, part-time, full-time,
seasonal and year-round employees. Room for advancement. Pay
D.O.E. Call 734-9420 or stop by.
Skinny Skis has some great job
opportunities-both full and parttime.
Stop by the shop for an application
or email resume to [email protected].
Florida Condo For Rent: Sarasota,
Florida; newly decorated 2 bd, 2
bth unit, year round lanai, overlooking golf course; 15 minutes to
ocean; monthly rentals only;
$2900/month prime season, less
for multi-month rentals; [email protected]
Approximately 1600 sq ft OFFICE
SPACE conveniently located on
West Broadway (south). Attractive
and light upper level, with powder
room and separate offices. Call 307733-2736 for more information.
SPECIAL INTERNET PRICING
OUR ENTIRE INVENTORY
AVAILABLE ONLINE
18 CONDOS TO BE AUCTIONED
OFF NOVEMBER 3 AND 4 The
PALISADES CONDOS in Teton
Springs. 2 and 3 bedroom units,
golf and sport’s club membership
included. Great investment opportunity with short-term rental program, perfect family vacation spot
or corporate retreat. Financing
offered on-site! Don’t miss this
opportunity, call Tiffany today 1877-387-4245
or
email
[email protected]
w w w. t e t o n m o t o r s . c o m
LAND/LOTS
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN INVENTORY
AVAILABLE EVERY DAY
1020 W. Broadway and 405 Powderhorn Lane
(307) 733-6600 • (800) 537-6609
SALES • SERVICE • PARTS • COLLISION CENTER
AUTOS
2003 Blue GMC Yukon, Seats 8,
4WD, Front and Rear A/C and
Heat, Power Everything, Excellent
Condition. $20,600. Call 307-5432599 or 307-690-5974.
SERVICES
Prugh Real Estate LLC specializes
in commercial and residential
sales and service. Visit
prughrealestate.com to search listings, rentals and MLS. For more
information,
please
call
307.733.9888
Rally’s Pet Garage – The service
center for your pet! Self-service pet
wash, full-service grooming, toys
and accessories, Natural Life pet
food, Doggie Day Care, and pet
obedience classes. Located in the
Kmart Plaza. (307) 733-7704.
MUSIC & BANDS
Judd Grossman Music is a full service music agency providing all
styles of music for all occasions solos, duos, trios, dance bands,
country, rock, folk, jazz, and classical. Live musicians and DJs available. (307) 690-4935.
ALL OCCASIONS MUSIC: Live
music for any event. Professional.
Experienced. Inquire at 699-0102.
PERSONALS
THINK YOU’RE PREGNANT? 24hour confidential hotline 1-800395-HELP. Crisis Pregnancy Center
(307) 733-5162.
PARENTS & FRIENDS OF
EX-GAYS & GAYS
www.pfox.org
FOR RENT
FOR SALE: HOMES
“FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED SINCE 1972”
Great for horses. Call 208-7879694 for information.
1-acre parcels - Phoenix, AZ: N of
Phx, 300 ft from Tonto National
Forest. Water & power to property.
CASE MANAGER
CASE MANAGER at The Jackson Hole Community
Counseling Center. Full time with benefits. Bachelor’s
degree in social services field a minimum. Job will focus
on medical supports for clients fo JHCCC. Position is
available immediately. For information, call 733-2046,
ask for Deb or Elizabeth. Resumes to: JHCCC, P.O. Box
1868, Jackson, WY 83001 or [email protected]. JHCCC
is an equal-opportunity employer.
JACKSON
DODGE • CHRYSLER
307-733-6777
CLEAN TRADES WANTED
Call Mike for a FREE appraisal on your trade.
1984 OLDS DELTA 88, CASH TALKS!
1987 VW GOLF, RUNS GOOD!
1991 FORD TAURUS - 5 SPEED!
1993 SUBURBAN, DRIVES GREAT!
1995 DODGE 3500 FLATBED DUALLY, WOW!
1997 FORD F350, 4 DOOR, WHITE!
1998 CHEVEROLET 1500 SUBURBAN, 4 X 4!
1999 FORD WINDSTAR SE 3.8L, V6, AUTO, GREEN!
2001 DODGE DURANGO 4X4, V8, BLUE!
2002 BUICK RENDEZVOUS, ONLY 88K MILES!
2003 SUBARU OUTBACK, ALL POWER, RUNS WELL.
2003 CHEVY MONTE CARLO, 90K MILES, BLACK!
2004 TOYOTA 4 RUNNER SR5, V6, AUTO, MUST SEE!
2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA, 4.0 SRS, 18K MILES!
2007 TOYOTA HIGHLANDERS, 8 TO CHOOSE FROM!
ONLY $595
ONLY $1,995
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FROM $23,400
1330 S. HWY 89 • JACKSON, WY
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RALLY’S GUY or
GIRL NEEDED!
Greeting customers, lifting/
washing dogs, etc.This is a
physical job that requires a
STRONG sense of humor!
The weak of heart, mind,
back or stomach need
not apply. 307-733-7704
520 S. HWY 89 (IN THE KMART PLAZA)
BUSINESS FOR SALE
Belly Dancers
Mobile Food Service:
Family Friendly
Entertainment for parties
or corporate events
Converted RV with service
window to sell espresso,
food & smoothies. Includes
espresso machine, convection
oven, blenders for smoothies,
GE freezer, plus other
equipment and inventory.
Grossed yearly $35,000 to
$45,000. Asking $30,000 or
best offer. Call 307-734-5957
or email [email protected]
No Job Fair Required!
October 26, 27, 28, and every other day of the week we
are available to help YOU find the perfect winter job!
Our Employee Housing is Awesome and Affordable.
We have a New Facility at the Resort for Employees Only.
We offer Very Competitive Wages, and
we have MORE SNOW (500 inches average)!
3 0 7. 4 1 3 . 5 4 9 0
Contact Susie at 307.353.2300 extension 1304
Or just cruise up to: 3300 E. Ski Hill Rd • Alta, WY 83414
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$.25 for each additional word after
25 words.
Classified Box Ads:
$14/ column inch per week
(logos/photos $5 each).
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MORE TO A MAN THAN
GOOD ADVICE.
— ED HOWE
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WORMHOLE
How organic tofu saved my Halloween
Susie, my Shades girl, came over for Halloween.
“I’m a hedge fund investor,” the second one answered. Then
“I brought you some day old bran muffins and fudge made he pointed to his friend. “And this is Hermes, Marquis of
with whole oats, molasses and wheat germ,” she said. “It’s so Romania, a health insurance executive.”
much healthier for the children than candy.”
“So what is Vampires Anonymous?” I asked.
“Great!” I said and for once I meant it. Once the little ghosts
“It’s a safe environment where we can talk of our cravings for
and goblins learned what I was passing
blood and discuss sexual problems
out I wouldn’t have to worry about them
without fear of ridicule or incrimination.”
bothering me anymore.
Hermes explained.
Sure enough, after the first bunch of
“Vampires have sexual problems?”
trick-or-treaters we didn’t see another. I
Susie was shocked and, I could tell by
was about to lead Susie to the bedroom
her tone, more than a little disappointed.
when there was a knock at the door.
Hermes, Marquis of Romania,
“Maybe the other children found out we
answered.
“Rosalind
the
Blood
by
Clyde
Thornhill
were giving healthy treats and decided to
Seductress of Bavaria and I have been
come by,” Susie said.
together for 700 years. It’s gotten to be
I opened the door and three men stood
some-old same-old. She claims to have
outside. “Good evening,” one of them said. I detected a headaches all the time and when we do have sex, she’s frigid.”
Transylvanian accent. “We were on our way to Vampires
“Well,” I offered, “What do you expect? She’s dead!”
Anonymous when our car broke down.”
Hermes looked hurt. “Please. We prefer un-living or ‘sunlight
I invited them in. They had sharp fangs and when they walked challenged.’”
in front of the window there was no reflection. But they weren’t
At last Susie could take no more. She ripped open her blouse,
dressed like your typical vampire. They had on stone-washed tilted her head back and pulled her hair out of the way of her
jeans and polo shirts that, instead of an alligator, bore a bat throat. “I’ve wanted this ever since I saw Tom Cruise in ‘Interview
insignia. Susie, who had once confessed to me a vampire fetish, with a Vampire’!”
was plainly disappointed. “Where are your cloaks and tuxedos?”
I was a little hurt at being jilted, but what the hell. I was sure
She demanded.
either Alice or Lill would be free for an evening romp. “Don’t
One of them shook his head. “That was our grandfather. He make a mess on the floor,” I said, picking up the phone.
Then I heard Hermes spit and yell. “Yuck! What have you been eating?”
was so provincial. None of us dress traditional anymore. We’re
Susie said, “I had fresh unprocessed yogurt with homemade
just like everyone else except for the fact that we are un-living,
drink blood, can change into flying rodents, revel in the dark- granola for breakfast, alfalfa sprout salad with pure flax seed oil
for lunch, and organic tofu sprinkled with fair trade sesame
ness of night and worship the blackest parts of the soul.”
seeds for supper. Why? Is something wrong?”
“So, you sell real estate?” I asked.
“And you expect me to drink your blood? It tastes worse than
“I do,” one of them answered and handed me a business card.
“Perhaps I can interest you in a new resort. It is ‘wildly civilized,’ the time I sipped from the veins of a woman I picked up outside
offers ‘elegant adventure’ and ‘architectural integrity’ as well as Nikai Sushi.” He wrinkled his nose. “It took two quarts of type B
on-site amenities and a unique, original and one-of-a-kind golf negative to wash the raw tuna taste away.”
Susie could not hide her disappointment, but Hermes was not
course. The developers possess ‘a love of the land so strong
they can hardly contain it.’ We are offering exclusive lifestyle to be dissuaded. “Let’s go hang out at Bubbas and get some
opportunities in Paired Homes, Mountain Cabins, Estate Lots real blood!” he said.
I threw him my truck keys. “Have it back by morning so you
and Club Memberships.”
I began to look around for a wooden stake. “What do the rest don’t turn to dust,” I called after them as I led Susie toward the
bedroom.
of you do?” I asked.
FLIPSIDE
A Redneck
Perspective
Teton Muskeg Ranch under scrutiny
A proposed 500-yard mud drag and bog racing pit in
South Park came under fierce scrutiny this week from various town and county planners as well as residents.
Chief among the concerns of residents who gathered for
a meeting inside the abandoned Log Cabin Saloon is a
lack of adequate parking, too few beer tents and stadium
seating that will be too dense for the crowd to effectively
see the high-octane action.
In his initial proposal to develop Teton Muskeg Ranch,
Jason Feinthart offered parking for 4,000 cars, beer tents
to pour an estimated 3,000 beers an hour, and a stadium
seating for some 5,000 fans. Town and county planners
are saying the number just don’t add up.
“This guy’s plan is completely out of whack,” said Town
of Jackson Interim Planning Director Biff Landslinger. “If
you have 4,000 parking spots for 5,000 fans, what are the
other 1,000 fans going to park?”
Landslinger also noted that 3,000 beers an hour would
not be adequate for the beer-thirsty crowd that mud bog
racing typically attracts. Several residents of the Rafter GUnit subdivision as well as some from the Mellow-D Hood
were particularly fearful of impending beer riots.
“Every one here in the Rafter G-Unit subdivision loves
mud bog racing, but we are scared that this proposal
will attract too many racing fans and in turn will cause
riots,” said homeowner Nancy Nimby. “Plus, if this mud
drag pit goes in, it will rob spectators from the snowmobile hillclimb.”
Feinthart offered to donate a site on the parcel for a
Jackson Hole Mud Bog Racing Institute as mitigation.
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Art Hazen
Real Estate LLC
“We are Wyoming”
Locally Owned
SCOREBOARD
TETON VALLEY
WEEK OF 10.21.07 TO 10.27.07
Total # of Sales:
Week’s top sale:
LL229
Build your dream home on this sunny 2.55 acre
Moulton Ranch homesite, with expansive views of the
Tetons and Sleeping Indian. The lot includes phone,
electric and a seasonal stream, and is conveniently
located near the Grand Teton National Park, and
minutes from town. Horses are allowed.
$990,000 Contact: Sarah Kerr
SF433
Artistic flair distinguishes this 2 bedroom 3 bath home
from the ordinary. Unique features include designer
tile-work in kitchen and bath and a multi-use bonus
room. Unusual location in Rafter J Ranch offers
complete privacy. Very easy to see. Call today for a
showing.
$795,000 Contact: Loretta Scott
LL228
With a private off- road location, this site offers all the
beauty of the Tetons and Gros Ventre mountains, on a
spacious 2.55 acre Moulton Ranch parcel.
Conveniently located near the Grand Teton National
Park, and minutes from town. Horses are allowed.
$980,000 Contact: Sarah Kerr
Residential
Building Site
Multi-Family
Farm & Ranch
Commercial
3
$408,900
Total #
of Sales
Average
Sold Price
1
2
0
0
0
$408,900
$131,000
$0
$0
$0
Last 12 Months (10.27.06-10.26.07)
Number of Sales
Days on Market
List Price Volume Sold
Median List Price Sold
Average List Price Sold
837
202
$224,313,523
209,895
$267,997
12 Months - A Year Ago (10.27.05-10.26.06)
TC145
Teton Village two bedroom condominium located in
the Nez Perce Units. Completely remodeled with
superb furniture package, bright new kitchen and
baths, river rock fireplace, Sundance swim and tennis
club membership just steps away, and on rental
program with one of the few gold ratings.
$930,000 Contact: Penny Gaitan
LL235
PRICE REDUCTION! 123 acres zoned ARR 2.5 with
abundant and ancient water rights. Close to the
foothills and across the road from Alta and Targhee
Village Golf Course. This beautiful parcel of land has
passed through planning phases and is ready for
development and is a magnificent investment opportunity. This property is co-listed with Pinnacle Real
Estate Group. $2,995,000 Contact: Janine Hildebrandt
TC170
Get ready for the ski season with this recently
remodeled turnkey, second floor, southern mountain
views, 2 bedroom, 2 bath Sleeping Indian unit in Teton
Village. Only one available and currently on the short
term rental program.
$830,000 Penny Gaitan
Art Hazen
REALTOR OF THE WEEK
Polly’s love for the mountains
brought her here in 1992, with
thoughts of staying for the summer
season. After 15 years she is happy
she stayed longer as her fondness of
the area continues to grow with each
passing year.
733.4339 or 800.227.3334 Fax 307.739.0766
769
162
$210,327,778
$199,500
$273,508
Current Inventory
Active Listings
Listing Inventory Dollars
Average List Price
Average Days on Market
1,073
$502,615,217
$468,420
195
See outside back cover
for Jackson Hole Scoreboard
Polly Arnott
LL237
PRICE REDUCTION! Over 200 feet of Fox Creek flows
through this 3 acre secluded lot offering solitude and
privacy. Add to this mature aspens and conifers, an
open site for your new home, as well as magnificent
views of the Big Hole mountains. Located 5 miles from
Victor, this parcel is not in a subdivision, and there are
no restrictive CC&Rs. $350,000 Contact: Sarah Kerr
Number of Sales
Days on Market
Lis Price Volume Sold
Median List Price Sold
Average List Price Sold
www.jhrealestate.com
*In the event the week’s Top Sale is
erroneously reported it’s listed price is used.
** Some information above is derived from the
Teton County MLS system and represents
information as submitted by all Teton County
MLS Members for Teton County, Wyoming and
is deemed to be accurate but not guaranteed.
Art Hazen Real Estate LLC advertising and
promotional ads, products, and information
are the sole property of Art Hazen Real Estate
LLC and may NOT be reproduced, copied,
and/or used in whole or part without the
prior expressed written consent of Art Hazen
Real Estate LLC.
[email protected]
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Art Hazen
Real Estate LLC
“We are Wyoming”
Locally Owned
SCOREBOARD
JACKSON HOLE
WEEK OF 10.21.07 TO 10.27.07
Total # of Sales:
Week’s top sale:
CC95
Highly successful metal works business for sale.
Excellent clientele present in Jackson Hole for
Architectural Metal Works; blacksmithing, and
fabrication etc. All the equipment and training
necessary to step right into the flow of income this
exciting business has to offer. 13 acre horse ranch that
is home to this business is also available.
$300,000 Contact: Drew Canada
LL220
Three (3) acre elevated building site on the West
Bank just a couple minute drive from Wilson, offering
an open building site for your guest home and a
wonderfully Aspen filled secluded site for your main
residence. Valley views, first sunlight of the morning,
privacy, and simply the best value on the West Bank
for the season.
$695,000 Contact: Timothy C. Mayo
SF435
Jackson Hole Golf & Tennis Cabin with superior site
featuring Grand Teton view from great room, Teton
Mountain Range view from master bedroom, and
views of both from decks. Amazing quality interior
finishes, wonderful master suite and guest bedroom,
two and one half luxury baths, cover porch, garage,
and complete exterior care provided.
Contact: Timothy Mayo $1,350,000
Residential
Building Site
Multi-Family
Farm & Ranch
Commercial
1
$3,100,000
Total #
of Sales
Average
Sold Price
1
0
0
0
0
$3,100,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
Last 12 Months (10.27.06-10.26.07)
Number of Sales
Days on Market
List Price Volume Sold
Median List Price Sold
Average List Price Sold
632
141
$865,750,195
$825,000
$1,369,857
12 Months - Year Ago (10.27.05-10.26.06)
LL238
Beautiful lot in the heart of Star Valley zoned mixed
use. Located a mile and a half north of the Town of
Thayne next to the Deer Run Inn this property is visible
from Highway 89. With this outstanding location and
mixed-use zoning the possibilities are limitless.
$345,000 Contact: Zoe Hughes
SF424
Spectacular JHG&T setting - head-on views of the
Grand Teton and Sleeping Indian. Original Bancroft
home fully prepped for remodel. Being sold "as is
where is."
$1,450,000 Contact: Ed Minczeski
RR324
Looking for that perfect DESTINATION RANCH
PROPERTY? This is the one you have been waiting for.
Buy this beautiful log home on 80 Acres in Dubois,
Wyoming adjacent to Public Land with Long Creek
running through the property today.
$1,200,000 Contact: Michael Bills or Zachary Smith
LL244
Great lot in a great neighborhood! Located on a quiet
street in Brookside Hallow, this building is close to a
neighborhood park and within Victor city limits.
Protective CC&Rs insure Brookside Hallow’s continued
desirability.
$96,500 Contact: Kristin Vito
Number of Sales
Days on Market
List Price Volume Sold
Median List Price Sold
Average List Price Sold
732
145
$844,053,466
$749,000
$1,153,078
Current Inventory
Active Listings
448
Listing Inventory Dollars $1,618,130,140
Average List Price
$3,611,897
Average Days on Market
179
FEATURED
LISTING
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By far one of the best lots
located in Star Valley Ranches
Golf Resort in Thayne, WY. A
.75 of an acre with seasonal
stream, mature trees, views
and access to National Forest.
$97,500 Contact: Penny Gaitan
*In the event the week’s Top Sale is
erroneously reported it’s listed price is used.
** Some information above is derived from the
Teton County MLS system and represents
information as submitted by all Teton County
MLS Members for Teton County, Wyoming and
is deemed to be accurate but not guaranteed.
Art Hazen Real Estate LLC advertising and
promotional ads, products, and information
are the sole property of Art Hazen Real Estate
LLC and may NOT be reproduced, copied,
and/or used in whole or part without the
prior expressed written consent of Art Hazen
Real Estate LLC.
LL223
733.4339 or 800.227.3334 Fax 307.739.0766
www.jhrealestate.com
[email protected]